I bought a bike from a woman who lived 5 miles away, rode it to a new freelance job and she happened to work there! She was delighted to see her old bike still on the road and I loved riding my 'new' bike there every week.

I sold my Cube Attain road bike to my brother when I bought my Cube Nuroad Race gravel bike a few years ago. I was helping him move house last weekend, and saw the bike in the garage. I said "hello! I miss you!", and gave it a pat as I passed it. My brother thought I was talking to his dog. 😅So, yes, I understand the feeling...

I have a 1981 Guerciotti SL. Columbus steel, all Campag. Had it since new. It toook 4 months for the frame to arrive from Italy. Some components original others have been modernized. After I rode my new 2018 Giant TCR for the first time I knew the Guerciotti was immediately going to retire. Even though I will ride it maybe once each year (it's sooo slammed) I CANNOT sell it. It will hang forever in my bike cave. I think we get emotionally attached to things that we associate with "suffering". By suffering I mean the good kind where you are challenged, not the kind where you're injured. Just my perspective. Ride on Katie!

I’m a firm believer that the longer you use the same bike it develops it own soul, you know it’s little characteristics and it knows yours. It’s only as good as you and if you look after it, it will take you to unbelievable places. That’s the covenant.

@paddymurphy-oconnor8255

2 күн бұрын

Sometimes a bike holds you back. I have an alloy Cannondale Synapse that I hate riding now because the frame is so sluggish and flexible. Much of my power generated is lost in the flex of the frame. It was fine for me as a beginner, but as a stronger cyclist now, it’s no good. We are no longer compatible. Fortunately I have a good carbon bike to ride instead. So in my case, the covenant has soured because the alloy bike no longer meets my needs. It frustrates me and makes me not want to ride it.

@jamesmckenzie3532

2 күн бұрын

​@@paddymurphy-oconnor8255Sell or trade the bike to get your newer and better bike.

@flipczech

2 күн бұрын

That brought a tear to my eye. Same, namaste.

@ajollygoodchap

2 күн бұрын

Utter rubbish!

@markhopo9335

2 күн бұрын

@@ajollygoodchap your nice

the Irish writer James Stephens wrote that when a bycicle is used for a long time, it becomes humanised, while the owner gets bycicleised (I don't know the real word he used, I read it in translation, but the idea is that)

@KatieKookaburra

2 күн бұрын

This is SO TRUE!!! I understand that completely and love it. Thank you for sharing with me Andy 🙂

The used bicycle market is a great way for new riders to get into the fun of cycling. Can be sad to sell on a bike you've had journeys on.

@christopheroliver148

2 күн бұрын

Given the ridiculous price of new performance bicycles these days, I'd say the best option is for people entering the activity to buy something used with reasonable mileage under advice of someone who knows bikes. Bike rider advocacy for purchasing seems to be something that's needed more consistently so folk won't buy lemons. Not everyone has a bike nerd friend, and even then they might not know a lot. I know little about modern groups and frames. My last bike was bought in 2002, and while it was a fabulous example for the time, it doesn't have too much in common with bikes of say the last ten years. I would be somewhat at a loss to advise on the purchase of a 2015 bicycle for example.

A LBS near me has an annual used bike sale. You take your bike to the shop, the staff inspects the bike and tells you the price you can expect. The shop has a one day sale of fairly priced bikes that actually are in good repair. As a seller you can get either - a check or a shop credit. If your bike doesn't sell - you pick it up the next day or it is donated to a local organization that gets bikes to those who can't afford one. That is your call. I've done it twice with bikes I no longer used and both were sold. I got some new bike parts, tires and kit - bikes are being used by someone who was told what they were getting. This shop has been around for a long time and has a very good reputation. Win - Win as near as I can tell.

Under UK law you have the asolute right to return anything you buy online for a full refund up to 30 days after purchase. Doesn't matter if it's one spoke or a whole bike. You don't need to dispute anything. (return postage will be your responsibility).

I have 7 bikes (used to have a lot more) and I ride the one I've owned the longest the most... It's a 1983 Trek that I bought new... Many parts were replaced as I wore them out! Of the 40-50 bikes I've had over the decades that bike is the most comfortable bike I've ever owned. I've used it for riding single track, rail trails, commuting, multi-month touring, as well as road and urban cycling. I've still got dedicated touring, mountain, and urban bikes but more often that not it's that 1983 Trek that you'll find under me. I got rid of all the road racing (Reynolds 531, Campagnolo, tubulars) stuff years ago. With the mindset that cycling is a lifetime sport, find and keep the bikes that you really like and you'll be happier than always looking for the next one!

Can’t bring myself to sell my road bike (2015 Trek Domane) so I get it Christmas presents every year instead. So new wheels then new pedals then a new cluster then a new saddle then new tires then a new crankset then new electronics then a new chain (and another..) then a new seat bag then new lights then new latex tubes then new handle bars then newer new wheels (first full carbon set) then TPU tubes then new tires again….so, all that’s original is the frame, fork and stem

Still riding my 2010 Planet X

I lovw that your bike can now go on new adventures, the Toy Story reference made it real for me. You're awesome, keep making great content. I'm a late starter (43) but you and people like you motivated me to start riding and I love it. I feel like a kid again!

In 45 years of cycling I've had exactly 3 "real" bikes (I'm not counting the various banana seat bikes I had as a kid). The first was stolen, the second was partly damaged in an accident and it just didn't make sense to fix it, and the third I'm still riding and hope to keep doing so for years to come as it's a keeper. I built it up myself from quality parts, all new, and it's just as good as the day I first rode it. So I've never experienced having to sell an older bike. But I am somewhat of a hoarder with other things that I find hard to get rid of. Not actual junk, but mostly electronic devices that I keep telling myself I might need someday (and which I doubt that I ever will). And books, but who gets rid of those who has the room for them? But I totally get the angst of getting rid of something that once meant something to you but which you don't use or need anymore. Hell, I still have some parts from my previous bike. I do think that if you're just getting into cycling and don't have an unlimited budget, looking at good used bikes might be a good way to get a quality bike that's much better than anything you'd buy new at the same price. Especially with the price of new bikes these days.

Katie- the way you think about bikes is just crazy. I am glad I am not alone.

I got my last bike for £42 on eBay.

Love your videos! Hate parting with my bikes. Hence I still have my trusty 1987 Atala with a mix of Campagnolo components.

I actually feel that people can get fairly ridicules with what they think they need in a new bike especially for all the fluff that includes having to have disc brakes, break lever shifters, multiple front rings, high number or back gears, carbon fiber frames, all internal cables, etc. Not to mention the insane amounts of money to spend. There are perfectly decent new models of road bikes out there with essentially 1980s features and steel frames that give you decent quality and a good ride for rational prices and at generally far lower than used upscale models. You can certainly get something new, which is more advanced than the one I have, for under $1000. There is a lot to be said for going old school on this kind of thing especially in terms of the spirt of cycling. Not unlike with a manual shift car, or roller handle car windows, or analog radios, etc. Fact is when you ramp up your cycling, you'll get in the same condition either way, perhaps in even slightly better condition with the heavier weight of a steel frame, regardless of how much fluff there is with the bike or how much debt you have over it.

Love my 2nd hand 2011 CAAD 10 105 hoping to do my first 100 mile charity ride tomorrow.... still use my 1994 mtb as my gravel bike.... love them both

lol, i do a that with my jogging trail running hiking shoes too. so many miles of adventure and long running days. they become like your companions on a journey in keeping fit and having fun adventures. i run them down, save the laces if they are still good, then a quick brush-clean and final words, thank you for all the good times, then placed neatly into the trash bin. next i unbox a new pair and dream of bigger adventures... :)

Glad to know your Buycycle seller experience was really good. My experience purchasing my Pinarello Dogma F10 through them was excellent! A great bike, a great price, great service, all with great confidence. No better way to get an Italian bike from Belgium through Netherlands and Germany to Indiana USA. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Katie for the video. I wanted to get rid of my 2018 Rose, will check them out. 👍🏾✌🏾

I can relate to that feeling. I sold my 2014 Giant Defy because I didn’t ride it two years ago. I was sad to see it go but after a year I bought it back so I was happy again to own it. Not letting it go again lol.

Bought myself a nishiki carbon frame and built it up with ultegra group set,it’s unique as have never seen another one on my journeys

Ya big softie! 😂 Love it 😉

Currently still riding 2008 Bionicon Golden Willow Scandium MTB & 2016 FELT VR30 Gravel. Getting to age where I'm considering eMTB due to dodgy legs, but can't see day when I'll sell the others as I've had so many memorable times with them!

A healthy second hand bike market has kept me riding the best bikes I could within my budget. All hail new bike day!

I got into cycling again as an adult by buying a old mountain bike for £12 at a Sunday village fete. Commuted to work on it and used it for some time!

Actual tears. Aw bless! Yep, we put our heart and soul into it don't we?❤

Everyone to their own, I couldn't get rid of my old Apollo 1998 MTB (first adult bike) so he is retired & set up as a 'dumb' indoor trainer in the shed now 😊

That's a really cool "Service' , I don't think we have anything like it in NZ . I clicked on your vid because I thought it was about you selling a motorcycle ! Hilarious that I feel the same-way about my bikes (motorcycles) when I'm somewhere else and they're all covered-up at home having no 'Adventures' . Every time I sell a bike I'm always sad to see it go too... I appreciate nice push-bikes also , I have a couple of mountain-bikes (one flash-one ) and a nice old vintage racing-bike that needs some love...... Dave nz

You can’t help developing a bond with bikes, they become part of you. There’s two or three bikes that I’ve sold that whilst it was sensible, I wish I hadn’t.

Never sell a bike that you love, especially frame only, as you can build it up again one day. This is the massive advantage of rim brake bikes with mechanical gears - so easy to transfer parts over. Personally I've never had an issue with Ebay but will give buycycle a look.

Cool plug for a “ middle person “ style online bike marketplace. Very good point about carbon assessment, we could judge steel fairly well back then, but not effectively carbon today.

I don’t have the whol Toy Story thing going but i definitely talk to my bikes - like if I’m going into the garage for something else and I see my bike hanging there..

You know your music Katie Recommend, if you haven't seen already, on the i player Glasto Friday LCD Soundsystem ❤ xx

I have sold a couple of bikes in NZ an S-Works Tarmac and a TCR advanced but I love my TCR advanced T-Mobile team replica and I just cannot bring myself to sell it so the frame hangs in my home office where I gaze at it occasionally and think about rebuilding it with period correct components.

I bought a Gennis Aluminium Road Bike for £220 from my local bike last year for the 2024 St Peter's Charity ride. Great value for money. Sadly the local bike has closed. The shop has gone online.

Ive just put my Cervelo S5 Frameset on there but I cant see anything about who pays the postage? Is postage included as part of the 3.5% fee they take? EDIT: Ah, ok, just found this on the website: "The shipping fees for your order are displayed during checkout and can vary depending on the location of the bike. If the bike is being shipped from abroad, a cross-border fee of 2% will be charged. This fee covers the extra miles your bike will have to travel to reach you"

Exactly! A bike = memories!

@RandyLouEavsaco

2 күн бұрын

Yuor beke is nice

This bike story version of toy story really needs to happen. I'm curious if it's actually been done before or not.

Bought a Dawes Galaxy 30yrs old on Gumtree two years ago for £160. It was in excellent condition and I added the parts I wanted to suit me. I do lots of Audaxes on it and ultras. Just need to keep your eyes open for bargains.

haha had to laugh at you looking out the window......I've never had issues with parting with anything but bike frames....its the reason why i've got 5 frames in the garage...i can justify 3 of them as used alot, but the other 2 purely sentimental and irrational to keep them, but here we are 🤣🤣 Have you kept your Giant? My first proper bike i coudn't bare to part with, sometimes get's a retro spin out up in the Dales for old times sake, but to be fair it's done alot of Europe and the Alps, plus Aus so yea purely sentimental. The thing that makes me laugh is my older bike, non di2, non aero, rim brakes and aly frame actually isn't that much slower or less enjoyable, deminishing returns i think with bikes over the 4k mark. If i had to suddenly choose a bike to cycle around the world, i would choose that in a hearbeat over the expensive carbon bike i ride for roads. Infact everything to do with bikes has gone silly really and manufactures i think are really trying to cash in on the consumer replacement cycle, aka its now natural to get a new phone every few years, many club riders just want the "best" kit, so its each upgrade to drivetrain, gears, brakes etc, it all fits with that model. I'd still like someone to explain to me how we went from an agreed international standard for disc brakes to post mount, and now flat mount (I mean if they could reinvent the wheel shape to get a few more upgrades they would)! But yea electronic shifting will allow manufactures to launch an apparent new product, but is it under the hood in all reality....?! My takeaway is it doesn't matter what bike you ride, you can have fun and enjoy any, and certainly safe secondhand bikes can only be a good thing, and if your riding for 6 hours, what does 10 mins really mean in the scheme of things, zero unless your competing.

My biggest regret was selling my first touring bike a Dawes Super Galaxy that would have been 46 years old. I sold it because I was told 15 years ago I’d never be able to cycle again. They were wrong! I don’t mind selling a bike if O don’t like it or in the case of one of my bikes was slightly too big a reach. I didn’t sell it as I kept on getting crap offers so I gifted it to a charity instead!

I sold a bike that was tough to say goodbye to as well. It was about 10 years ago, my wife and I needed to raise some cash to buy airline tickets to Madagascar to visit our son (he was in the Peace Corps), so I sold my custom Seven titanium bicycle to cover the cost of the tickets. We got a great trip and adventure from it, and I did not need that bike any longer. But, there was a twinge of regret, which I think is normal.

Good video a bike is a bike no matter what bike you have you have to pedal it to move i had lots of bikes over the years and i see no difference and i am 63 nowadays i have giant hybrid i travel all over Ireland on it and it's a great bike.

Katie, I'd get sad too if I let my 2005 Scott Speedster go. Still my only road bike, still love it! 😀

I agree with your reaction but like you said someone is going to have new adventures!

I haven’t caught my bikes chatting amongst themselves but I’m sure I can hear them cussing me out when it’s been awhile for any adventures

I have my BeLiv City from 2017 hybrid... I love her , her name is Lola. Not replaceable. Non negotiable.

Sold many a bike, frame and components over the years that I wish I hadn’t, we don’t however make decisions in hindsight. Moreover, never had anything given to me either, my advice is stop watching videos and go and enjoy what you’ve got.

You are not crazy, it's a lovely way to think and be ❤

@KatieKookaburra

2 күн бұрын

Oh thank you! Haha maybe we all think this… 🙂🙂🤪

You are not selling a bike, you are selling memories.

I understand this. If I sell something and have loved using it and looked after it I struggle. That’s why at one stage I couldn’t get into my garage because it was full of stuff I never used. I consider it the sign of a caring compassionate human. That’s my excuse anyway.

Nice to see you again and selling your bike a bike it's part of you it goes where you go you part of it it's got some of your blood on it when you fell of it and cut your knee or other parts it's got you from a two b and that's what makes it good and part of the stay healthy one life enjoy blessed be

@radiocontrolled9181

2 күн бұрын

Good. Now go and look up the meaning of the word 'punctuation' and then learn how to use it.

🎵 Stop crying your eyes out 🎵 🎸 :) ☀️ 🦆🐦

I just took a look at that site. I couldn't scroll down through the filters which was frustrating.

Come on, Katie - It's JUST A BIKE!! It's not like you're losing a boyfriend or a husband; it's a bike (frame)! Having said that I am a little attached to my beautiful Teschner Ingresso from earlier this century. It's not as though I keep it in my bedroom (for one thing, there isn't enough room for it!) but it does 'live' in my kitchen, which isn't very big at all. Still, its response to strokes on the pedals will always be the thing I will remember, should I ever sell it. (Not going to happen!)

Thanks for the great video.

@KatieKookaburra

2 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it! 🙂🙂

Hi Katie, I recently listed my bike with Buycycle and got really good interest and 2/3 offers. However you can't ship outside of the UK and most of the interested parties were in Europe. I sent an email to customer services (really quick response) and they said "due to import issues" they cannot currently offer this. This was on the 11th June 2024. Has this been resolved?

KB, you old softy (I've always thought you were a bit crazy, nothing new). But thanks a million for recommending this service.

I was distracted by the film in the frame over your right shoulder until I realised it was the reflection of the back of your head! 😆🚴‍♀️

"Heylooo" 😂

I’ll have some of what you’ve been drinking 😂😂.

Hey friends! We recently started a KZread channel where we document various biking/kayaking adventure and camping trips, with one of our last videos from a kayaking trip around a wee island near my hometown in Scotland.I hope these videos will encourage more people to get outdoors, be active and enjoy nature. If you liked these videos please 'like' and subscribe for future updates, it's a huuuge work in progress but there will hopefully be many more adventures to come, thank you thank you! 😍

A bit like letting one of your children be adopted. Best thing for you to do though because some new family will be thrilled to have the frame. I've built 4 bikes over the years from used frames bought on Ebay and was and am thrilled to have someone's un-needed frame to build my dream bikes with. It's a good thing.

@radiocontrolled9181

2 күн бұрын

*adopted

Hi Katie good video don't need it sell it takecare tour on tonight

I have 1 bike I did not use for years now but I will never sell it. It's a Part of me. But I DO sell old bikes. Just not that special one 😊

or you could just go to your local bike shop and get a used bike from them and maybe bring it back later to tweak it for you !

I have never been too sad at selling a bike, but I couldnt watch as the buyer drove away in my old Land Rover.......😢

Thats a long advert Katie !

I have learned that buying a new bike will not make you a stronger rider…so I’m keeping my current fleet for a while.

I thought we were going to see one of those 'Pizza Delivery Guy' videos like on one of those adult video sites

YupALR Emonda bike riding nicer than my SLR Carbon. Wired. As we age we love compliance and lose 35kph to 33 happily.

Head says “Sell” Heart says… basically what you just said! It’s not just you 😊

You quickly get over selling an old bike by getting a new bike.

It can be harder to sell a bike with carbon parts vs alloy

I buy my bikes second hand. I just bought a Trek Madone for $300 USD! 😛

It’s normal to have emotional attachment to our bikes and other things. We’re all normal! Right?😂

We can always Lease a Bike 😊

Only used marketplace never had a problem.

Do not listen with the volume up if partner is in earshot….

I bet you're like that with teddy bears as well? I could understand that. I love working on and riding my bikes, but they are just machines at the end of the day. I think as long as i have something i can ride I'll be happy.

Katie, you are mad. It’s a bike. It’s a tool to further adventure, fitness and fun. It’s great to be passionate to look after these things, but a soul? Not sure about that. Anyway each to their own.

If your bike does not have a "soul", you are probably not a serious cyclist!

I love you dearly but having dreams about your bike reminiscing is a tad strange...😊

You sold the Winspace bike you never rode and barely promoted?

I miss my gt road bike was my first top bike have a great weekend skinny k

Totally get it as sold Ribble’s al and Denis C Ridley to buy trek al 5 Hard to let them go but after a month on new bike it was like yeah this is special and off to France next week 9 days bike packing and wild camping and all because of your videos 🫡👍😎 as always very inspiring for the regular cyclists ✊

I get bored of my bike after a couple of years and sell them on for my latest lust after model

Can we all take a moment to appreciate what a thoroughly decent, lovely and beautiful lady KK is. I could listen to her accent talking bikes all day. One of THE best bike channels on the tube.

Dosnt she look so lovely ❤😊

The site is abit crappy, you cant filter out mens,womans, small, large at least I couldn't

If anyone has finished with a bike and thinks the value isn't wort the effort of selling it, please pass it on to a charity that will refurbish it and gift it to someone who can't afford one. How about Katie makes a video profiling one of these charities and the difference they make to people who otherwise wouldn't be cycling at all?

@Ezekiel_Burton

2 күн бұрын

Love that idea, once I move on from my entry level road bike, I think I'll spruce it up and gift it to someone who loves cycling but has old kit or can't afford one!