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I’m no good at selling any of my bike stuff. I don’t even bother. I gave away whole bikes because it’s all I know. I currently have a BMC with first generation Di2 that is practically useless. The last bike shop I dedicated my time and years to lost small parts to the proprietary seatpost and my Di2 charger. No apology, I bought a bartape and carried on. Now I’m sitting on expensive junk. I brought the bike there because the bike shop owner insisted on getting it running and even offered me a home trainer while I was relearning how to walk from a major accident I had in oct 22. Over a year went by and they threw it in a shipping container in the parking lot. I asked for the bike and they gladly gave it back to me with no work done. I felt sad and quiet. I started going to a bike shop the town over and I like going there. As far as fixed gear stuff, online and New York whenever I go. The annual Colombia vacation too for my fixie out there. Ideally, I should buy a bike stand. I have basic tools, fixie tools. I can get by with what I have. It’s obviously far from enough, and the experience of a bike shop is always better. * Fully extending on the tops with wide drops hurts the center of my palm. Probably because I have no bartape. 130 gravel drop with break levers would be too much. I’d have to go 100/110mm stem
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Everything has its purpose, I have struggled with selling back up parts (handlebars/stems/seatposts/saddles). It helps motivate me to ride after making suddle changes that affect feel/handling characteristics. It also helps to extend the life of certain things like tires/bartape/drivetrain parts when you keep everything in rotation... I remember replacing things more frequently when living arrangements would only allow me to have 1 bike. I'm much happier with a quiver of bikes which fill different needs.