reasons for selling a bike............................

[DCT]

lets have some fun with this. avoid the "financial reasons" default response

[jamesand]

Needed cash to get to Mexico.

[dave1215]

need the room for the next next thing

[ron l edmiston]

peek at pic...

seriously, richard sachs & j p weigle ..

any bike i rode was a great bike - just had to ride it..
prior to meeting richie --- they fit my mind, but not my body...

ronnie

[big shanty]

I used to do a lot of impulse buying of cheap beaters at the used bike shop down the street from my lab, while in graduate school. I'd take a break, walk down there, and end up with yet another "project". I finally decided to consolidate all the features I really liked from each beater into a single custom bike that actually fit, and sold off the beaters piecemeal. The custom bike got stolen and now I wish I had one of my preferred beaters back!

[54ny77]

i'm reminded of the quote from the movie, "perfect stranger."

it's a good one.

won't write it here, this being a family-friendly place & all...

google it. include the words "beautiful" & "tired" in the search, along with the movie title.

[gggross]

I got shorter with age...

OK, just kidding.

[TJ]

I think boredom with a bike/ wanting to try something new is the main factor in selling my personal bikes. Team bikes get sold cause there is a new one incoming.

[WFSTEKL]

I think boredom with a bike/ wanting to try something new is the main factor in selling my personal bikes. Team bikes get sold cause there is a new one incoming.

If you get bored with your bike, I suggest that you keep it and try another wife.

[Z3c]

..because new bikes are fun and I feel guilty when I stop riding one and it becomes garage art.

[TJ]

If you get bored with your bike, I suggest that you keep it and try another wife.

Might be why I'm divorced

[kohlboto]

On a fairly related note, I'm wondering how did people flip their gear before the internet? An ad on the board at the bike shop? Was there an equivalent volume of selling frames, parts, etc back in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s?

[Jason Musgrave]

you people sell these things?!?!

[zetroc]

A friend needs a new bike, we're the same size, and he's unemployed. (I'm taking liberties with the word "sell.")

Boredom with a bike - lack of a feeling of connection to it, emotional or otherwise.

Lack of space to put more bikes.

[WFSTEKL]

When I am out of shape, all of my bikes suck and I sell them. When I have some fitness, all of my bikes are great and I keep them. It is not more convoluted than that.

[GrantM]

some bike you just don't click with.
you want to like them, but deep down, you don't.
life is too short to ride bikes you don't love.

g

[Chris]

Strangely considering my peers here, I really prefer to have only one bike at a time. I may have different types of bike, but only one road bike and once cross bike at any one time typically. I get a new bike, the old one finds a new home.

[Bittersweet]

There is no selling only accumulating.

[corko]

some bike you just don't click with.
you want to like them, but deep down, you don't.
life is too short to ride bikes you don't love.

g

yep so true, I wanted to love the sloping top tube.... it's modern, fresh looking right?........, more like a crumb in your underwear, .......just plain irritating.

[dbh]

Spousal intimidation. Also, I've bought bikes that I thought I could "get to fit." Yep, they didn't. They never do, and out they go -- often at a loss.