Would you sell your current bike(s) to offset part of the cost? Anything else you could sell - unused equipment for other sports etc?

I basically just decided I wanted and deserved a bike, having thought about it for a couple of years. I looked briefly at new ones and decided the ones I wanted were out of my price range, so bought second-hand. That obviously has its pitfalls but I've got a better bike than if I'd bought new, and if I want/need to sell it for some reason I probably won't lose as much as on a new bike.

Oh, and the actual amount was determined by the size of my tax bill, which turned out to be less than the amount I'd put away to cover it. The leftover money paid for the bike