Quote Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama View Post
My husband bought me a new bike in July which I enjoy riding, not the one I am debating selling! The problem is my old hardtail is sitting around collecting dust. At first I thought I had to keep it because what if my full suspension was in the shop. But really I don't see that being an issue much at all. My LBS is very fast and have rentals if I was really desperate. The money from selling my hardtail wouldn't hurt and I just think someone could possibly learn the sport on her like I did. I just am sentimental because she was my first mountain bike.
I must admit I felt the same way. I thought about it and decided to turn my Kona into a "sometime commute bike" and all around hack. I bought a cheapie pair of wheels and put slicks on them and it's been great for bikepath duty, spare bike when somebody comes to stay and wants to come along for a ride (although its very pinkness might have been a little bit confronting for our middle-aged male Canadian friend) and running between meetings in the city (our buildings all have bike parking).

Of course it has also been back to the forest. I went down to get the bike onto the car for the next morning's ride only to find the full suspension had worn through its front brake pads (and on another occasion had a broken spoke I hadn't found) and could not be ridden the next morning. I didn't want to ruin the ride with my friend so put the knobblies back onto the Kona and found out how many bad habits I have now I am riding FS! My bike shop is not too slow, but I don't know any bike shop that will fix it at midnight for the next morning!

On the other hand, if you can use the money and are not so hellbent on not missing a ride, and you can do without it.....