Sometimes the bike has extra sentimental value - aka there is a special reason why you have it, so you dont want to get rid of it. Just like dogs need to be walked, a soulful bike needs to be ridden, and if that means shaving the gears off, so be it. And perhaps the Pinnarello is just a man in a mid-life crisis - he is sick of being an old man and wants to see thrills again!!

Of course I am hearing strange animal noises from the next room over - so I just might be a little kookoo.