Just put my first bike up for sale...

[Cynedra]

I'm not sure I understand the 4 bikes being too many.

[hebe]

Thanks for the replies. It's lovely to read about bikes going onto new homes and being ridden still. I know there are a lot of miles left in this bike.

4 bikes wouldn't be too many if I had more time and skill, in the meantime 3 is plenty. One for errands and pottering, one for fitness and leisure road rides and one for off-road and towing. Perhaps one day I'll add in a road bike or a cross bike, but for the moment one in one out is fine.

There's quite a few watchers and a handful of bids now, so I'm a bit happier about my bike going.

[Tri Girl]

A Giant road bike was my first adult bike. I loved everything about it, but the color. I always hated the blue. When I sold it, it went to a young girl just getting into triathlon, and she was over the moon thrilled with it, so I was OK parting with it. I did cry, tho, when she drove out of my driveway with it.

LOVE that you're getting the mixte!! It's a beautiful bike, and I'm sure you will just adore it!!

[redrhodie]

I stripped my first bike of most of its parts (which went on my red Eddy) and the frame just sat for a long time. I eventually brought it to my lbs and told them to find it a home. It ended up going to a fisherman's wife, and I got fish in trade. I could probably still be cashing in on the fish, but it never occurs to me to ask.

I was the second owner, and with no parts, I was just happy to see it rebuilt and used. I heard she loved it.

[Jo-n-NY]

My first road bike went to another member in our club. She has a daughter on the west coast so she wanted a bike there for when she visited.

[Bike Writer]

I'm sure this will be bittersweet, parting with a trusty friend, however there is the allure of the new bike to offset

[Miranda]

Ya, three bikes is about right. Tho I do have a couple more old old steel ones hanging in garage that don't count since they are not rideable without alot of work lol but I digress.

I sold my first real road bike thru my lbs. The shop got a new owner that I really like. He gave me quite a good deal on my profit return on the bike. It went to a man cyclists looking for a good first road bike for his newly cycling wife. So that was a happy home. Not a huge profit for the shop. But I send him business and spend all my lbs money with him. So, pays off in the end I guess.

That bike was however WAY too big for me. I majorly got screwed over by the shop that sold it to me. It was painful still to let it go. Thinking of the sickening fnancial mess it caused, and pain in my body. Tho the good thing was I found TE as a result. So that part was happy. Still a pretty bike tho.

Btw, my three bikes are: carbon Orbea roadie, not super light, but plush for the road distances; Trek hard trail mtb, perfect for technical stuff; and Nashbar brand special xc bike, LOVE this little bike, part commuter urban some trails road all around work horse fun pony... and to be the lowest on the food chain, I would never have guessed how much I adore her.

Good Luck!