Which Bike Do You Regret Selling?

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Edited Date/Time 6/21/2017 7:09pm
We've all regretting selling a specific bike. Be it from how it rode to how it looked, or even the memories we made while riding it. We want to know which bike you've owned that you wish you'd have never sold.



Personally, I miss my DW-Link Turner DHR that I sold maybe 4-years ago. Fully custom build and it rode so damn well. The geo was spot on for how I ride and the aesthetic of the bike, to me at least, was damn fine. Aside from my 2007/8 DHR, this was one of the longest periods I owned the same bike, and every bike since I've only held onto for a year or two. I ended up selling it for an Evil Undead which I only kept for a single season.

So, what's your "the one that got away?"

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7/8/2016 4:53pm
My taupe colored Crupi Expert with Answer carbon fork on Crupi hubs with rainbow Ti spokes and Odyssey t1000 flamed rims back in 2000. My dad has kept all of my other bikes since so that one day I can enjoy them in my officeSmile Pops is looking out for me. Now I just need an office. NOT
taldfind
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7/8/2016 4:56pm
I regret selling my 2009 Commencal Furious VIP. I had that bike so dialed, and I have ever yet to get my current ride to feel as confidence inspiring.
bizutch
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7/8/2016 6:04pm Edited Date/Time 7/8/2016 6:06pm
My 2005 Turner DHR. Dave Turner had our team on the East Coast & the pro team out West. He asked what color scheme we wanted to go with. That year, they had Needles & Sven , but we sure as heck looked so much sexier.
7/8/2016 6:36pm
My 2008 Santa Cruz Nomad ..... I loved it !!!
So sad when I sold it.... Much tears on my eyes ....




sspomer
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7/8/2016 6:43pm
it would be pretty sick to still have this beast from 1998 (i think). the first "dh" bike i had. mountain speed 6-inch rear travel upgrade kit because travel trumped all, zzyzx fork (yep, standard 9mm QR), vbrakes front and rear and 46t xc chainring.



sAFETY
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7/8/2016 8:31pm


Without question, the DHR. I bought a new carbon bike with all the new standards just to catch up, but I don't think it's any faster.

If there was a carbon 650b DHR, I'd buy it in a second.
Roots_rider
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7/8/2016 8:37pm Edited Date/Time 7/8/2016 8:42pm
Honestly, don't really regret any. each build has been such an improvement over the last. Always learn more about what I like in a bike each time. My single speed blindside was still one of my all time favorite due to simplicity though.
Deity cranks, Iscg mounted bash with no guide, Saint brakes, totem air and vivid air. Paul chain tensioner kept it quite. Pretty sick bike looking back at 2010 compared to what we have now, haha



traildog
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7/8/2016 8:51pm
Almost all of them, really; some day when I'm rich I'll just buy another without selling its predecessor. But if I had to pick one, it'd be the steely blue Banshee Scirocco from about 2004
kev.1n
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7/8/2016 8:58pm
hands down the raddest bike I've owned. hucked and handled so well, a truly down bitch.


The gamburgalur was a ninja and rode better than any other DH bike I've ever ridden when it was chainless...


If it was a large, I would still be riding this thing today.... damn I miss that bike

bturman
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7/8/2016 9:31pm
My SuperCo, but I recently got it back and am PUMPED to rebuild it.



TimBud
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7/9/2016 12:05am
My old Azonic DS-1

Would buy it back in a heartbeat
7/9/2016 1:59am




I had lot of bikes but definitely i miss so much this 2006 Kona Howler custom build ;(

jfinkler
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7/9/2016 7:53am
My old-school Litespeed Tsali trailbike, because I logged an impossible number of miles on this bike from 1999 to around 2009 and it was supremely reliable and comfortable throughout. Softail elastomer suspension, Control Tech Lawill Leader fork, Magura HS33 hydraulic rim brakes, Kooka triple crank, Control Tech billet stem, Power Grips pedal retention, hugeass Carradice saddlebag, Brooks saddle, et cetera.



Maxipedia
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7/9/2016 8:02am
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2016/07/09/4087/s1200_image.jpg[/img] My 2012 fluro m9


My 2012 fluro m9
I feel you, brother! I recently got one in L size after flirting with it for a good while and now that I have it, I can't see a valid reason for owning another newer bike.

Otherwise, I'm quite a keeper of old bikes, but the Spank Smoke hardtail was definitely nice and I am still hunting for a 1998 gloss red Marin Palisaded Trail, my first ”real” MTB.

Mx
7/9/2016 8:37am Edited Date/Time 7/9/2016 8:39am
From the darkest age of hydroformed MTB frames (2008) but such a blast to ride I don't even know what was so special about it anymore but I loved it so much:


sspomer
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7/9/2016 8:48am
jfinkler wrote:
My old-school Litespeed Tsali trailbike, because I logged an impossible number of miles on this bike from 1999 to around 2009 and it was supremely reliable...
My old-school Litespeed Tsali trailbike, because I logged an impossible number of miles on this bike from 1999 to around 2009 and it was supremely reliable and comfortable throughout. Softail elastomer suspension, Control Tech Lawill Leader fork, Magura HS33 hydraulic rim brakes, Kooka triple crank, Control Tech billet stem, Power Grips pedal retention, hugeass Carradice saddlebag, Brooks saddle, et cetera.



that is a time machine!!!
NWDommen
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7/9/2016 10:06am Edited Date/Time 7/9/2016 10:07am
I loved my shit brown mob. Best riding hardtail I've ever owned, only bike I've ever sold and been bummed about.


7/9/2016 10:06am
I have never regretted selling a bike. I'm one of those weirdos who rides a bike until it breaks.

I deeply, deeply regret snapping My Prophet MX though. That thing was just right, exactly right on all the angles.
tmano2
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7/9/2016 12:01pm

my old 500 that i sold lik 3 month's ago
was one of the first built,with basicly all the parts from my previous 450 and i loved how it rode
but then when i stoped racing DH and riding and racing my enduro bike i found my self only riding it when my enduro bike was with something broken, basicly rode ir like 9 times last year( in Portugal you can ride all year)
and basicly even knowing that i was going t regret it made the conscient decision to sell it and loose the least money with it so that i have money to switch bike when i want to
ChOu177
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7/9/2016 1:36pm




My wilson.
So much sacrifices (hard to have in my country at the time ), every little pieces were chose precisly and So amazing to ride.
I speak about it So often even years after ^^.

Falcon
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7/9/2016 5:40pm
That Devinci is sweet.

I don't remember selling any bike that I regretted, but I did have my 1981 Diamond Back BMX bike stolen. Angry

I also had a really cool Jamis Dakar from about 1988 that got stolen. F'n thieves. Angry Angry
Big Bird
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7/9/2016 7:45pm
I have never regretted selling a bike. I'm one of those weirdos who rides a bike until it breaks. I deeply, deeply regret snapping My Prophet...
I have never regretted selling a bike. I'm one of those weirdos who rides a bike until it breaks.

I deeply, deeply regret snapping My Prophet MX though. That thing was just right, exactly right on all the angles.
I'm just about with you brother. I've only ever sold one bike and it was a red XL HecklerX. I don't much miss it.
moosy
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7/10/2016 3:40am Edited Date/Time 7/10/2016 3:41am
[img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2016/07/09/4087/s1200_image.jpg[/img] My 2012 fluro m9


My 2012 fluro m9
That was the first fluro yellow M9 ever made, was an awesome bike that blew minds.
RobJ
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7/10/2016 8:00am
I wish I had been able to afford to keep my rad as hell Trek slash. I decided that I wanted a downhill bike so the slash had to be sold to fund it, but that bike was just so damn dialled!



I hucked it in the Alps, raced downhill on it, and took it for 30km 'xc' rides , and it never skipped a beat. And the parts on it were all damn rad too.

Luckily ive saved hard and now have a process 153 that's super fun, but that slash was a damn great bike

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