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Saying goodbye to an old friend.....

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started by NotAsFast on July 9, 2008

I am finally sucumbing to selling my original tri bike, and I am depressed about it.

Has anyone had this issue ?

On the upside, the proceeds will go towards new race wheels. Anyone interested in a well cared for Cannondale Multisport 2000 Si 54cm?

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ChunkyB posted 1 year ago.

I'm totally interested, but I don't think I could justify it right now. Good luck selling it. Can we get some pics.

Oh, and if it's that blue paint job with flowers or whatever it is on it, then I'm totally jealous of you, and I'm sorry you have to sell it.

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kylie posted 1 year ago.

Is it the flowery one??? That is one of my bikes, and I crashed it and broke the fork and cried when I couldn't find a replacement.... so if it is flowery and has the orig fork I might be interested in that part of it....

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NotAsFast posted 1 year ago.

I have it on eBay right now. Its not the one with the flowers, but the same color though.

My Old Steed

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ChunkyB posted 1 year ago.

Flowers or not, that bike is hot. Dang, I wish I could afford it. Good luck getting as much as you can for it.

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cheese0614 posted 1 year ago.

NAF. I just sent you a message. Check it out.

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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.

I think it might be time to play 'Breaking up is Hard to do' ;-)

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kylie posted 1 year ago.

Yeah I don't tend to have an easy time getting rid of bikes. I'm all sentimental about them, so I try to avoid it by repurposing them. Maybe that's why Mike and I have 9... and we thought we were good about letting go of bikes this last year!

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dollfin04 posted 1 year ago.

Bummer....if you are 5 ft 11, I'm guessing the bike is probably too big for me. I'm only 5 ft 7.

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NotAsFast posted 1 year ago.

I will state that before you buy any bike, get measured to make sure you can get the right fit.

I just had someone wanting to buy it for themselves, and they were 6'3". I told them no, as it will eventually come back to bite me in the end.

dollfin04, there is a few good sites on figuring out your bike size online that you could use and then compare it to the geometry, as leg and torso length differ in all of us. Figure it out and see if falls in the range.

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dollfin04 posted 1 year ago.

Well right now I have a 54cm Jamis. The guy at the bike shop thought I should go with something a bit bigger, but that felt comfortable. It says the reserve hasn't been met. What's the reserve price?

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NotAsFast posted 1 year ago.

Reserve is $1100. I went with a bigger frame actually, to a 58cm mainly due to my long torso. I bought this as definately a newbie, not really knowing much about tri bikes.

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trigirltina2 posted 1 year ago.

kylie wrote:
Yeah I don't tend to have an easy time getting rid of bikes. I'm all sentimental about them, so I try to avoid it by repurposing them. Maybe that's why Mike and I have 9... and we thought we were good about letting go of bikes this last year!

9! That is all that is in the garage right?

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knight22 posted 1 year ago.

I am having the same problem. I bought a Scott Plasma last winter and I can't get myself to part with the 2006 Cannondale Ironman 3 that I have. I really have no use for it, considering that I ride just the Scott now. It was my first real bike and I don't want to let it go. Good luck

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kylie posted 1 year ago.

trigirltina2 wrote:
9! That is all that is in the garage right?

Garage! No way! ;) The matching road bikes and tri bikes and mountain bikes (that are our good bikes) are the living room artwork (at least in this house... I'm moving Saturday). The others (older tri bikes and commute bike) live in the garage though -- with kayaking and surfing and other fun gear :)

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trigirltina2 posted 1 year ago.

We have a room in the house where our bikes hang too! My friends think it is wierd. I told how much I spent, then they are okay.

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kylie posted 1 year ago.

Some of my non-tri friends have been known to introduce them as "our kids" when their children asked about our kids ;) For us it is also because our garage is detached and we use the bikes so much it would be a pain.

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trigirltina2 posted 1 year ago.

Ours too... Much easier in the house. Cute. Thomas just says they are my mom's.