soyabean

That's just silly. When in doubt, hoard

This is what I do. When I complete a bike, I pretty it up re-sale ready and photographed asap. Because the bike isn't going to look any better later.

I also do it to bikes I intend to ride often, like daily and beaters.

I post ads for sale. They don't need to be updated often.

Ones I don't really want to sell, I put a ceiling price on them. Believe it or not, after a few weeks/months/years, they always find a buyer.

The buyer often agrees to give me their contact info on the chance I may get sellers' remose and want to buy it back.

After a few days, my greif does go away and I move on. One time, a buyer actually contact me a year later and asked if I wanted to buy it back but of course I politely refuse with any reason that sounds just.

My motivation? Cash takes up less space than a bike. And it's always easy to buy bikes.

Thank god bent deraillers and broken shifters are small and can all be hoarded in a box. I do draw the line in tossing away busted cable housing and tyres missing wire beads.