Bikes You Wished You Never Sold
- Thread starter Lenz Rider
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Runs with Scissors
iMTB Hooligan
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Love that stem! That's what all of my stems looked like until my Knolly in 2013. I think my longest stem was a 150 on a Trek. 135 was normal and 120 was short. I think I was running 90 mm on my Yeti 575s with their looong (at the time) top tubes. 70 mm on my Knolly and Tracer and now that top tubes and reach have finally gotten longer, a 40mm on my Megaplower.
Oh, and if I recall, the guy who ran Rainbow Cycles in LB was the guy who built the Psycle Werks. The bikes were cool, but he was a grouchy dude.
Sidewalk
iMTB Rockstah
Only regret I have is not having enough insurance to cover my Stolen XC bike. I loved the bike, it treated me well and I failed it FAR more times than it failed me (never that I can remember). But I did want to replace it with something that was a better fit for me, and easier to maintain long term. I just got the check for it two days ago, enough to buy a decent used replacement. But I am going to wait since XC season is cancelled anyway. I will wait until the market is flooded with bikes people are trying to dump.
Otherwise, as a guy who started cycling only recently, and only started riding decent bikes even more recent, no regrets. I haven't gone through many.
I have some parts/frames I want to get rid of because I have no space for them. But, I really want to keep my 1985 Bridgestone and return it to stock condition instead of my modern roadie...but the modern roadie is so damn good. And I still have my childhood BMX bike, but what am I going to do with an early 80's BMX that was never raced?
Otherwise, as a guy who started cycling only recently, and only started riding decent bikes even more recent, no regrets. I haven't gone through many.
I have some parts/frames I want to get rid of because I have no space for them. But, I really want to keep my 1985 Bridgestone and return it to stock condition instead of my modern roadie...but the modern roadie is so damn good. And I still have my childhood BMX bike, but what am I going to do with an early 80's BMX that was never raced?
First bike I ever bought was a 1998 Outpost in Ketchikan Alaska. I barely rode it, I wasn't a cyclist until 2012'ish, didn't start MTB until 2015.
pperrelle
iMTB Rockstah
Yep, and I think the bars were somewhere around 600mm’s wide, maybe less.....
mtnbikej
J-Zilla
whoa......DH bars back then.
Oaken
Well-Known Member
My first “real” mountain bike. A rigid, steel, Diamondback Accent HT. That bike just got me. The Loop, the Luge, Rock-it, Santiago peak - many first trails were on that bike.
After I had moved on, the garage had gotten crowded and I gave it away to a friend. Always kind of regretted it.
Years later, I was helping him move. ‘Hey do you want that bike back?’
Heck yeah I did. It’s still fun to ride.
After I had moved on, the garage had gotten crowded and I gave it away to a friend. Always kind of regretted it.
Years later, I was helping him move. ‘Hey do you want that bike back?’
Heck yeah I did. It’s still fun to ride.
Sasquatch9billion
iMTB Rockstah
I’m torn on whether I want to sell this one or keep it as a loaner bike.
I saw @hill^billy posted theirs for sale and am impressed, I wasn’t sure what to ask for mine.
I saw @hill^billy posted theirs for sale and am impressed, I wasn’t sure what to ask for mine.
Dr. Wellington Yueh
Member
Esmeralda:
buggravy
iMTB Addict
Wait, I feel like this is the less important part of a 2 part story. I know you were plotting a new bike. Has there been a NBD, or is one imminent?
Sasquatch9billion
iMTB Rockstah
Faust29
Moderator
da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
did not sell it, broke it on an Indian Burial Ground. life time warrantied. Traded cash for a 2007 Enduro. The Trek was the flying V. This bike could FLY. The
Enduro was the bike that set the standard for all bikes are still made. Classic down tube ovalized. Now everyone does it, made total design sense, if you could afford to get the aluminum or carbon to that shape. by 2007 you could. My 29er has the same base frame shape, just a more efficient rear shock placement
Enduro was the bike that set the standard for all bikes are still made. Classic down tube ovalized. Now everyone does it, made total design sense, if you could afford to get the aluminum or carbon to that shape. by 2007 you could. My 29er has the same base frame shape, just a more efficient rear shock placement
Runs with Scissors
iMTB Hooligan
Plenty of times I wish I'd kept this one....Trek Mamba 3x9 go anywhere, any time machine - this was on the Tour de Palm Springs century.
Don't ya just love the roadie's expression????
Don't ya just love the roadie's expression????
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Faust29
Moderator
Runs with Scissors
iMTB Hooligan
Sasquatch9billion
iMTB Rockstah
Those Enduros were awesome!
solislbc
Well-Known Member
I’ll never get rid of my 2001 team zaskar. Last year made in Santa Ana. Has the Easton stamp on the top tube. I love that thing.