My vintage bicycle buying and selling short story.
Started buying in 1999, number grew from 2 riders, by 2007 I had 32 riders, 3 non-rides, two of them Cinelli Lasers (one attached), 4 framesets. Sold down to 15, then went on the hunt for vintage Bianchi, the number of Bianchis grew to 16, so back up to around 30.
Got into motorcycles again in 2012, and sold the bikes down to 8 riders, no frames, no non-riders by 2017. In 2018, I decided to sell my motorcycles, and go back into vintage bikes.
Here I am a now, with 16 riders, 2 non-riders, and a few framesets, now preparing to sell off some of my non-American brand bikes and have started the hunt for a few more bikes made by American builders only. I am pretty fickle, I learn about bikes by buying and riding but my tastes and interests change over the years, its part of the fun of the hobby/sport, I guess. Now my target it 10 riders, no framesets, minimal parts. I will be 70 in September. I also figure its time to simplify a bit.
