A fond farewell?

[brocklanders023]

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I used to have loads that I really struggled to part with but the collection is down to one complete bike and one project and I have to say, apart from the odd moment, I don't really miss the bikes that have gone.

 

[KermitGKona88]

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I am always having the same dilemma as you are I hate parting with anything, I am now concentrating on steel my first love in bikes and culling everything else, also constantly upgrading and fettling, hard choices need to be made sometimes it never gets any easier though

 

[Ollie]

I couldn't part with most of my bikes, Id become curious of what would happen to them and wonder if they would be kept in loving hands or eventually end up somewhere neglected. Its strange how we can become so attached to pieces of metal and how they hold so many good memories.

 

[Fudd]

I keep my bikes in the house and only have room for four, so its one in one out for me. Even if I had a garage I doubt I would have many more bikes as I just don't do the collecting / hoarding thing. I'd rather have three great and very different bikes that want for nothing, rather than ten or fifteen good but similar bikes in various states of repair. At the moment I have a retro hardtail, modern FS and a fatbike which cover all the bases for me and if a bike is not getting the use it deserves or I fancy a change then its out the door, just like the road bike I recently sold. I do get attached to most of the bikes I've owned and every time I sell one it gets a farewell ride before I post the ad, same with my cars and m/cycles, but I never have any regrets after.

 

[velomaniac]

Been through a phase of effectively buying and building the exact same bike be it by different manufacturers over and over again. That is plain stupid but can I get rid of them, thin them out, no I cant, the critters have got their tendrils in me :facepalm:
Trying now to make each bike different, altering it in some way to fill a different niche but really I need to shake myself by the lapels and get rid :roll: