[James]

So another thread got me thinking, what bikes have you had, and sold or otherwise don't have anymore, that you wish you did?
For me there are a couple, the biggest was my C50, I stupidly sold it when I left a previous company, but like all things that were meant to be, it came back to me not long later. I will never let it go again.

The one I miss that I don't have anymore is my Look 555. Blue/white with a full white HSC5 fork, full Dura Ace, just a beauty. I had two frames, so I built one up and gave it to my dad, he still has it, never rides it, so maybe I'll snag it back from him someday, swap him out for something else. It's 3,000 miles away, so a little difficult maybe.
I thought I had a picture somewhere, I'll have to dig it up and post it later...

Anyone else?

 

[RUFUS]

The CAAD9 for that great aluminum feel. I am absolutely loving my TCR Advanced SL though right now!!!

 

[CBJ]

My Cannondale mtb which was stolen but even more my wife's 1999 Kona Explosif Reynolds 853 really cool bike which was also stolen.

 

[Heidi]

I don't miss any of my old bikes. Am I heartless?

 

[Heisenberg]

My '99 Schwinn Homegrown Factory. Bass boat gold/black...Yeti built...tin can. Loved that bike. Sold it for $600 complete built to 20lbs in 2005. Fail.

 

[CBJ]

I don't miss any of my old bikes. Am I heartless?

Yes

 

[Bicyclist]

Older E5 S-Works. The components weren't great but that frame was pretty awesome. I have a Spooky now so I can't really complain, but that was a cool bike.

 

[insanitylevel9]

my old school 10 speed commuter, i found a frame that looked cooler so i sold the one i had, now i haven't had time to restore my new one.

 

[OGRipper]

I have only owned two road bikes and I still have them both! The first is a crappy old purple trek 560 (I think) that is now my fixie, and the second is a custom Steelman that is about 11 years old and that I still ride and love. So, nothing to miss that makes sense for this thread. I miss some of my old BMX bikes and quite a few of my mtb's.

 

[Westy]

Wish I still had my first bike, Raleigh Renegade. Ape hanger bars and banana seat, basically a cheap stingray copy but it was mine.

 

[CBJ]

Wish I still had my first bike, Raleigh Renegade. Ape hanger bars and banana seat, basically a cheap stingray copy but it was mine.

My dad customized my first bike with banana seat and high handle bars. It was a hand me down from my brother. I outgrew the bike and trashed it - it deserved better. I shall never forget the day I took the training wheels off and all the kids on my street did a celebration ride around the block with me in the front - such a great day. I guess its some of this that still makes me love riding bike.

 

[Westy]

My dad customized my first bike with banana seat and high handle bars. It was a hand me down from my brother. I outgrew the bike and trashed it - it deserved better. I shall never forget the day I took the training wheels off and all the kids on my street did a celebration ride around the block with me in the front - such a great day. I guess its some of this that still makes me love riding bike.

I loved my Renegade. Got it on my fifth birthday and rode it hard for 7 years. While all of my friends had nice new Mongoose and Haro BMX bikes I torched them on my truly old school ride. It was pretty banged up by the time I was done with it, my only regret was that at the time I was happy to see it go. I'll never have as much fun on another bike, but I'll die trying.

 

[maddog17]

my Concorde Team PDM frameset. it's now being used by a bike messenger in Boston. i can only imagine it covered in crappy stickers and beat to chit.

 

[Heisenberg]

I do kind of miss my Klein Quantum Pro, even though it was too small. The ride quality was undeniably brutal, and the paint was rad. That said, the ROAD bike I miss most is owned by a friend. I was on my way out of NorCal back to Utah and swapped it to him for my cat, a broken iPhone, and a few hard drives. It's an early 90s Centurion/Diamondback cromoly beast - the frame/fork probably weigh 6-7lbs. I gave it to him with the original 7-speed 105 gruppo/wheels (upgraded to 600 brifters, yeeeah!), he stripped it and built it with full 6700 and Ksyrium SLs, still clocked in at over 20lbs. Anyway, it was my messenger bike in SF/SC following the death of my Norco and clocked too many Santa Cruz/Watsonville runs to count.

Only photo I have right now, when I liberated it from the back of a bike shop for a sixer and fifty bucks:

Oh yeah - the original stem snapped in a sprint. I got hit by three cars on it. I also removed most of the skin on the right side of my body when I came out of my pedal at 40mph on it*. Ah, memories.

*making a light

 

[-dustin]

System Six

 

[mrbigisbudgood]

MCS Mini Mantis - my first "real" bike
Haro Group 1 Monocoque - fastest BMX bike I ever owned
Reynolds Fresh 40 - the most local BMX bike I ever owned
2001 Santa Cruz Superlight - Santa Cruz did a free swap for my 1998 Tazmon that was eating a shock a month
2004(?) KHS Flight 800 - Started my obsession for steel roadies

 

[HardtailHack]

My Kona Nu-Nu, I had to throw the frame out as I wanted Judy XL's on it back in the day a mech at the LBS worked out the Judy XL had too short a steerer so he cut and filed my head tube down so it would fit.
Long story short my frame ended up cracking and said mech had previously worked for Cadel Evans, weird ****!

 

[James]

My dad customized my first bike with banana seat and high handle bars. It was a hand me down from my brother. I outgrew the bike and trashed it - it deserved better. I shall never forget the day I took the training wheels off and all the kids on my street did a celebration ride around the block with me in the front - such a great day. I guess its some of this that still makes me love riding bike.

This is what makes me love being a parent, I can't wait for that day with my daughter...

 

[north20]

Oh how I miss my Benotto 3000. After many other bikes ridden, owned, and borrowed it's still the one that remains my all time favorite road machine.

Crumpled several years ago when I got hit on a foggy morning commute; I came out of that much better than the bike.

 

[spam16v]

Just sold my FTW built Sinister last week, I'm still regretting it... Sold it to get a Taiwanese big box bike sadly. I'll order one custom next time... and stand by my word to be buried with it.

 

[insanitylevel9]

Just sold my FTW built Sinister last week, I'm still regretting it... Sold it to get a Taiwanese big box bike sadly. I'll order one custom next time... and stand by my word to be buried with it.

what sinister you have?

 

[spam16v]

what sinister you have?

Sold this... Splinter Er/Mx hybrid. It went back to the motherland in VT, hopefully to get some more action and attention than I was giving it. Looking forward to getting onto the road.

 

[insanitylevel9]

Sold this... Splinter Er/Mx hybrid. It went back to the motherland in VT, hopefully to get some more action and attention than I was giving it. Looking forward to getting onto the road.

is that your lambo

 

[Bicyclist]

Nice Countach.

 

[golgiaparatus]

The CAAD9 for that great aluminum feel. I am absolutely loving my TCR Advanced SL though right now!!!

I have one of those torture devices in my garage.

I had an old steel giant 15 years ago that I really liked. Downtube shifters and biopace. I shouldn't have sold it... I'd likely be using the frame with some updated components.

 

[spam16v]

Nice Countach.

No, No it's not.

is that your lambo

Again... No, No it's not.

Never meet your heroes, trust me on this.

 

[insanitylevel9]

No, No it's not.



Again... No, No it's not.

Never meet your heroes, trust me on this.

they said the same thing about it on top gear

 

[spam16v]

Chased a wire front to rear, changed color in the harness 4 times, and every wire was a different diameter in the same circuit. There was no logic involved in anything when they were built. Federal crash test cars were repaired and sold as new by Lambo, fit and finish is far from production quality, more like a barn-yard kit car. Spent quite a few hours under that car's dash trying to figure out wtf someone was thinking when it was built.

 

[insanitylevel9]

Chased a wire front to rear, changed color in the harness 4 times, and every wire was a different diameter in the same circuit. There was no logic involved in anything when they were built. Federal crash test cars were repaired and sold as new by Lambo, fit and finish is far from production quality, more like a barn-yard kit car. Spent quite a few hours under that car's dash trying to figure out wtf someone was thinking when it was built.

thats pretty lame

 

[ire]

'98 Klein Attitude. I had it built with all kinds of cool parts from the era. I foolishly sold it because I didn't ride it, and now wish I had it at least to hang on my wall if nothing else.

 

[Bicyclist]

No, No it's not.



Again... No, No it's not.

Never meet your heroes, trust me on this.

I'll take it off your hands for you in that case...$5 and a 6-pack?

 

[JRogers]

Empella Bonfire cx bike. Wasn't anything special- full aluminum frame and fork. But I liked the way it handled and had a lot of good memories doing everything from a road century to singletrack. I retired it when I got a dedicated road frame and then brought it back a few months later as a nice commuter and all around bike. Got stolen after maybe 3 months of that...

Also, had a Tomac 204 Magnum for a while. I'd take that bike back in a second if it were a few degrees slacker and didn't have a stupid proprietary hub. Loved that bike until it started to crack around the HT.

 

[SuspectDevice]

My full Ringle/xtr and ringle/esp team bikes from the late 90's. I made a bit of money off of them at the end of the season, but something makes me think I could have sold them for a lot more next week if ya dig.
Rockshox disc brakes- magnesium Araya rims, and a whole boatload of weird stuff made those bikes pretty cool too.

Otherwise I can build any bike I want like any bike i've liked so I'm not really seating it. Emotion is the only constant.

 

[JohnE]

Mid 80s Basso Paris Robaix...full Dura Ace, handbuilt wheels...sold to a jackass who broke the BB shell off his first ride. I take credit for that...