Since I don't plan to be buried with my bikes (or anything else I own, for that matter) they're not actually "mine". I'm just taking care of them for a while and our collective historical heritage is more important than my own selfish desires. When these things are gone they are GONE and that happens far too often for me to treat them as anything other than an endangered species. Literally... although at least the Kakapo can reproduce. But you wouldn't kill one of those, would you?

But, y'know, the Mona Lisa is just a painting and if the owner thinks it'll look better with a Manhatten skyline I guess it'd be okay.