Your first love...

[Catrin]

I just learned how to ride a year ago & was faced with this choice this summer when it became increasingly apparent that my Trek 7.6 FX WSD would never be comfortable for a ride > 20 miles. It didn't quite fit, and my fitter wasn't confident that it could ever really fit me - it was just too big and my physical 'issues' didn't help. I chose to cut my losses and sold it. It was nice to have the money to sink into some other things I needed/wanted for my LHT and I no longer had walk past the Trek. I did, and still have, mixed feelings about selling her, but am glad that I did.

[Owlie]

Yes. I expect that in the future, I'll be making this choice for my current bike. I thought about upgrading it, but that costs about the same as the bike. Granted, I have other options (trainer bike, fair-weather commuter, backup go-fast bike) once I get another go-fast bike.

I think, though, if I need the money (and it isn't being used as a commuter), I'd go ahead and sell it.

[DebW]

I have the frame from my 1974 Maino hanging in my basement. It's a road bike of Columbus straight-gage tubing that I bought while working in my first bike shop, and we had many many miles and wonderful adventures together. Given that it needs a 5-speed freewheel and has a couple dings in the frame, it's not worth anything to anyone but me. It could be built up as a single-speed if I wanted. But for now, it hangs there and I have good feelings about it every time I go in my basement.