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how do you genrally know when it is time to sell your bike? I am well aware that when selling a bike make, model, use, year, etc. all make a difference as far as how much you can expect to get for it. but is there any general rule of thumb that say's after ''x'' number of years a bike will loose enough value that it would behoove you to sell before that time comes up? I ask because I am in a bit of a dilemma. I have been riding a 05' Stinky since, well, 05' and I'm trying to start racing the colligate DH race series next fall semester and I wan't to build up a bike better suited for DH racing, perhaps rebuild a used Sunday/M6/Socom/whatever. But being a full time student double majoring and working ****ty minimum wage jobs I don't have money to just build up a bike right now or the time to work extra. I know when I sell my bike I'm not going to get much for it. But do I sell it now and build a new bike and (most likely) chance not being able to have a rideable bike until this time next year at the earliest or do I keep it one more season, race it and sell at the end of the season, then build a new bike and take the extra hit of loosing even more money because it will be another season older and used that much more?
how do you genrally know when it is time to sell your bike? I am well aware that when selling a bike make, model, use, year, etc. all make a difference as far as how much you can expect to get for it. but is there any general rule of thumb that say's after ''x'' number of years a bike will loose enough value that it would behoove you to sell before that time comes up? I ask because I am in a bit of a dilemma. I have been riding a 05' Stinky since, well, 05' and I'm trying to start racing the colligate DH race series next fall semester and I wan't to build up a bike better suited for DH racing, perhaps rebuild a used Sunday/M6/Socom/whatever. But being a full time student double majoring and working ****ty minimum wage jobs I don't have money to just build up a bike right now or the time to work extra. I know when I sell my bike I'm not going to get much for it. But do I sell it now and build a new bike and (most likely) chance not being able to have a rideable bike until this time next year at the earliest or do I keep it one more season, race it and sell at the end of the season, then build a new bike and take the extra hit of loosing even more money because it will be another season older and used that much more?