Thanks for the feedback, it will all be taken into consideration.
The RTS (in 2 guise) was my first proper mountain bike and what found me here looking for advice on repairing it. A nos team frame cane my way and it's a bike I'll hang onto for as long as possible, with a spares stash to help with that.
The DBR has sentimental value not because I've owned it since new, but it was a troublesome build at a time I could have done without it but I got through it and a recent rebuild has made me even happier with it.
Road bike is a keeper as it's a very good one (imho) and fairly current (di2) and I want to use it to get fitter and enthuse me to ride off road when fitness levels increase.
The scion I've ridden more than most recently and us a pretty high end build and the only steel frame I have.
The airnimal may be useful again for commuting when I find employment, plus I've sunk some money into making it a very silly commuter, wearing xtr m970, hope and custom pace rc24s thanks to Tim at fork English.
The rest are just nice bikes, of which I have too many, so maybe they should all go aside from my estay project.
As for which would be expensive to replace, that's why I'm in two minds about some of them. It's hard and expensive to find a good sts, but will I ever use them as intended? Possibly not.
The litespeed is about as mint as you'll find and did cost me a lot, when I had no children, a job and disposable income. No idea what it's worth and how hard it would be to replace later, I just feel I have almost built a few amps and failed before finishing and I should do one day.
The nuke proof is pretty unique but does need work, so maybe better off letting someone who has the time and skill to do it justice?
The amp b5 was to be a yellower than a yellow thing build for a bit of fun, but I guess it doesn't hold any real meaning for me.
If I were to clear out the above, it would also free up a couple of mint m952 groupsets, an xc pro groupset, a couple of xt groupsets and plenty of wheels and forks.
I did toy with the idea of keeping all the ti ones, plus the RTS and the scion and roadie and airnimal. But with the estay too, that would still leave 8, and my wife was none too impressed when I said I wanted to keep 7???
The RTS (in 2 guise) was my first proper mountain bike and what found me here looking for advice on repairing it. A nos team frame cane my way and it's a bike I'll hang onto for as long as possible, with a spares stash to help with that.
The DBR has sentimental value not because I've owned it since new, but it was a troublesome build at a time I could have done without it but I got through it and a recent rebuild has made me even happier with it.
Road bike is a keeper as it's a very good one (imho) and fairly current (di2) and I want to use it to get fitter and enthuse me to ride off road when fitness levels increase.
The scion I've ridden more than most recently and us a pretty high end build and the only steel frame I have.
The airnimal may be useful again for commuting when I find employment, plus I've sunk some money into making it a very silly commuter, wearing xtr m970, hope and custom pace rc24s thanks to Tim at fork English.
The rest are just nice bikes, of which I have too many, so maybe they should all go aside from my estay project.
As for which would be expensive to replace, that's why I'm in two minds about some of them. It's hard and expensive to find a good sts, but will I ever use them as intended? Possibly not.
The litespeed is about as mint as you'll find and did cost me a lot, when I had no children, a job and disposable income. No idea what it's worth and how hard it would be to replace later, I just feel I have almost built a few amps and failed before finishing and I should do one day.
The nuke proof is pretty unique but does need work, so maybe better off letting someone who has the time and skill to do it justice?
The amp b5 was to be a yellower than a yellow thing build for a bit of fun, but I guess it doesn't hold any real meaning for me.
If I were to clear out the above, it would also free up a couple of mint m952 groupsets, an xc pro groupset, a couple of xt groupsets and plenty of wheels and forks.
I did toy with the idea of keeping all the ti ones, plus the RTS and the scion and roadie and airnimal. But with the estay too, that would still leave 8, and my wife was none too impressed when I said I wanted to keep 7???
