synchronicity
Senior Retro Guru
I say get rid of them.
They don't spark joy anymore it seems.
You have already admitted that to yourself and publicly.
They'll only end up cluttering your house.
Someone else would appreciate them more.
Back in the day, I TOTALLY lusted over a set of Mag 21SL Ti forks. (I kinda still do if I'm honest). Rang around at least 10 shops. You know how it was in the 90s. Eventually found one. And I was like Really?!! You have one?!!
And didn't buy it because the asking price was literally $800. Which back then was a lot (especially being a student). And I was used to paying US prices which were waaay cheaper. And so even on the phone I was like "oh". With a face like this: 
Even the shop owner detected my change in enthusiasm level. And that was that. I never got them. Eventually settled for a set of rather mediocre Judy XCs instead.
Fast forward to today, I can still appreciate them, but I doubt I will ever own them because I've heard they were flexy like a noodle and they're probably not that plush. Meaning I'd have to modernise the internals. I personally can't be stuffed doing that. So yeah, I think some vintage things are lovely in principle, in practice not so much. I personally think suspension is one of those things.
There's very few bike components I have regretted selling. Very few.
If you truly like something you don't even have to question whether to sell it, the answer is "no".
And as an aside, I think that's something people with less money have over those who can buy anything. I was looking at the speedplay museum flickr feed yesterday. And I was like, this dude can literally buy anything he wants, the lucky bastard, he's that rich. But I think people with less money have to make harder choices (out of sheer necessity). I have become extremely fussy as a result. I myself don't want to end up with a museum.
They don't spark joy anymore it seems.
You have already admitted that to yourself and publicly.
They'll only end up cluttering your house.
Someone else would appreciate them more.
Back in the day, I TOTALLY lusted over a set of Mag 21SL Ti forks. (I kinda still do if I'm honest). Rang around at least 10 shops. You know how it was in the 90s. Eventually found one. And I was like Really?!! You have one?!!
And didn't buy it because the asking price was literally $800. Which back then was a lot (especially being a student). And I was used to paying US prices which were waaay cheaper. And so even on the phone I was like "oh". With a face like this: Even the shop owner detected my change in enthusiasm level. And that was that. I never got them. Eventually settled for a set of rather mediocre Judy XCs instead.Fast forward to today, I can still appreciate them, but I doubt I will ever own them because I've heard they were flexy like a noodle and they're probably not that plush. Meaning I'd have to modernise the internals. I personally can't be stuffed doing that. So yeah, I think some vintage things are lovely in principle, in practice not so much. I personally think suspension is one of those things.
There's very few bike components I have regretted selling. Very few.
If you truly like something you don't even have to question whether to sell it, the answer is "no".
And as an aside, I think that's something people with less money have over those who can buy anything. I was looking at the speedplay museum flickr feed yesterday. And I was like, this dude can literally buy anything he wants, the lucky bastard, he's that rich. But I think people with less money have to make harder choices (out of sheer necessity). I have become extremely fussy as a result. I myself don't want to end up with a museum.
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