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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[coylifut]

I've had a couple fail to meet expectations. I had one that although rode well, I couldn't get over how ugly it was. I've had a couple that I simply got bored with a moved on. For the most part I keep them a long time.

[davids]

I used to think the correct number of bikes was what I owned plus one. Now I know the correct number of bikes, for me, is five. It just is. When I got the sixth bike it was one too many.

So the bike that goes is the one that speaks to me the least. And I'm running out of bikes that don't speak to me loudly... The Serotta Nove is about to be replaced by the Responsorium. I don't see the Zank or the Peg leaving any time soon. The mountain bike... Hey, whatever. It works just fine and I've got no lust for something else.

That leaves the Kirk CX bike, bought used. I'm still getting its measure and I like it fine. But someday I think there will be a CX bike from MA to take its place.

[riceburner]

Cuz ya just saw this