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What should you have kept?

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We might have done this thread but I couldn't find it.

Anyway, do you ever get to thinking, I should have kept that..... something

For me. Winters coming and as I think about winterising my bike I think of singlespeed but then also think...

Should have kept that rohloff and dropout.

Also, should have kept that ti kona. Twas nice too.
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my marbles.....lost them years ago.

bike wise......nothing. bikes are tools for adventures. if I need a tool for a certain adventure, I buy it. and sell it when it becomes surplus.
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My '78 Z1R springs to mind and I sometimes think I shouldn't have sold AW my Golite Shangrila 3 ... but she makes good use of it, so better than it gathering dust.
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My Specialised Langster, the most fun I've had in a bike. By the end, everything was so worn out, that only the frame was worth keeping! Should have stored it rather than giving it away for free :roll:
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Not bike related, but a Mesa Boogie Calibre22. Stupid to let it go.

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My T25 VW camper van
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My T25 VW camper van
I had one of those ... can't believe how much I made when I sold it.

I'd like to add my collection of 70's / early 80's punk singles to the list too.
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Dave Barter wrote:My T25 VW camper van
We're planning on selling our T4. I have a feeling I'll regret it one day.

I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's. A poll of consenting adults in our household has ended in a split vote :|
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I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's.
Do you actually want to drive it anywhere above 55mph?
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Ian wrote:
Dave Barter wrote:My T25 VW camper van
We're planning on selling our T4. I have a feeling I'll regret it one day.

I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's. A poll of consenting adults in our household has ended in a split vote :|
We sold ours a few tears ago. Regretted it to the point that we bought another one.

T2s do look great but very, very slow. Not actually much space in them and these days seem to be restored and very expensive or old ratty, in realisable. And still quite expensive!
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Bearbonesnorm wrote:
I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's.
Do you actually want to drive it anywhere above 55mph?
I wouldn't be buying it for its performance characteristics :smile:
ianfitz wrote:
Ian wrote:
Dave Barter wrote:My T25 VW camper van
We're planning on selling our T4. I have a feeling I'll regret it one day.

I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's. A poll of consenting adults in our household has ended in a split vote :|
We sold ours a few tears ago. Regretted it to the point that we bought another one.
See, a real world experience. Indisputable logic that they're an essential item :-bd
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Ian wrote:
Bearbonesnorm wrote:
I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's.
Do you actually want to drive it anywhere above 55mph?
I wouldn't be buying it for its performance characteristics :smile:
ianfitz wrote:
Ian wrote:
Dave Barter wrote:My T25 VW camper van
We're planning on selling our T4. I have a feeling I'll regret it one day.

I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's. A poll of consenting adults in our household has ended in a split vote :|
We sold ours a few tears ago. Regretted it to the point that we bought another one.
See, a real world experience. Indisputable logic that they're an essential item :-bd
Just be clear it was the T4 that was sold, regretted and repurchased (not the same one though!)
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We were going to get a T2, but after seeing loads we realised that for the money we were going to spend, I would spend more time fixing it than using it. So we got a T5 instead, bigger, more comfortable, safer, quieter, more reliable, cheaper to run, better in all respects. Still want a T2 though for when we're going nowhere fast!

Regret selling my Mk1 Escort. Biggest heap of rust this side of a scrapyard, but fantastic fun at under 40mph. Lust after them now, and one day I'll get one, forest arched, 5 link rear, a bit breathed on......
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My Dad had a mk 1 Escort Mexico until my brother wrote it off. One of my all time favourite cars too :smile:
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Regret every selling my cove hummer. It was vaguely exciting and would of made a great bikepacking bike.....damn it. Heres a picture of it when i took it to Nepal :sad:

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makes me sad to think i sold it, it was a fantastic bike and sold on a wim to a guy who got a bloody bargain.
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I regret going for pizza at Pappagones in Finsbury Park a few days after finishing renovating a '97 Kona 'Lava Dome' and having it half-inched from outside (two bikes, one either side of a lamppost and 4 locks between them).

I regret selling my 853 Inbred as it rode lovely.

I'm shortly going to regret selling my Cotic 'Solaris' as I love it but there's no other way to get my hands on a nice 29+ bike.

That's about it, fairly happy with the stable otherwise.
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I'd like to add my collection of 70's / early 80's punk singles to the list too.
Never got rid of mine, not that I listen to them now, they sound far too tame.
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Ian wrote:
Dave Barter wrote:My T25 VW camper van
We're planning on selling our T4. I have a feeling I'll regret it one day.

I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's. A poll of consenting adults in our household has ended in a split vote :|
Noooooooooooo!

Getting my van has been just about the only vehicle purchase I haven't thought twice about afterwards!
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1955 BSA BB32. Put it in px for a Reliant 3-wheeler van like Del Trotters but blue :-(
Wanted a car, but only had a motorbike licence.
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1955 BSA BB32.
Clubmans trim?

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Ian wrote:
Bearbonesnorm wrote:
I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's.
Do you actually want to drive it anywhere above 55mph?
I wouldn't be buying it for its performance characteristics :smile:
ianfitz wrote:
Ian wrote:
Dave Barter wrote:My T25 VW camper van
We're planning on selling our T4. I have a feeling I'll regret it one day.

I've been eyeing up some lovely T2's. A poll of consenting adults in our household has ended in a split vote :|
We sold ours a few tears ago. Regretted it to the point that we bought another one.
See, a real world experience. Indisputable logic that they're an essential item :-bd
Not to forget that obviously it's going to be an appreciating asset, and therefore is just the same as putting the money in a bank account/savings account/ISA etc. etc. - which is obviously sensible, ergo it is sensible to buy a T2 :wink:
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Not to forget that obviously it's going to be an appreciating asset, and therefore is just the same as putting the money in a bank account/savings account/ISA etc. etc. - which is obviously sensible, ergo it is sensible to buy a T2
Have you seen how quickly they rust ... cracking investment if you've a centrally heated, air conditioned garage and never intend to drive it :wink:

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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Have you seen how quickly they rust ...
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Bearbonesnorm wrote:
My T25 VW camper van
I had one of those ... can't believe how much I made when I sold it.

I'd like to add my collection of 70's / early 80's punk singles to the list too.
Luckily I kept those
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Bearbonesnorm wrote:
Not to forget that obviously it's going to be an appreciating asset, and therefore is just the same as putting the money in a bank account/savings account/ISA etc. etc. - which is obviously sensible, ergo it is sensible to buy a T2
Have you seen how quickly they rust ... cracking investment if you've a centrally heated, air conditioned garage and never intend to drive it :wink:

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I've still got a 69" bug in garage somewhere :lol: brother-in law has got a t2 in mint condition he's scared about leaving it anywhere
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