It took me a few years to sell my road bike that I had for about 8 years. It was an awesome bike and I loved the colors on it but I had not ridden it in about 2 years as I have a new cross bike that I love and of course I just bought a new mtn bike this past spring. I convinced myself that it was tme for someone else to enjoy my bike. The person who bought it was very excited and was planning on using it for tris. I actually ended up selling 2 bikes, my road bike and an old mtn bike from the early 90s.