Originally Posted by robtown
I know the desire to hold onto a bike with a history. I'm selling a nice beater bike to a coworker to make room, finance other projects, and keep the Mrs happy. It hurts. I won't have a bike I can feel comfortable leaving locked up outside. On the other hand, it's also fun to wheel and deal, to upgrade.
Have you considered saving time and money by giving the bike to someone as an encouragement to start riding / commuting?
I don't want to hold on to it forever, but I do want to gain some skills in wrenching - this is as good of place as any to start. I figure that it'll give me a bike to ride for rainy days and to alternate off with the JTS, as well as shuttle things to and from the store (I might see if I can avoid driving to the grocery store for as long as possible). At a certain point, it makes sense to pass it to someone to get them into riding......that's a good idea.