Walrus

Another option is to sell the old bike/frame to someone just getting into cycling.
A friend sold me a solid race-ready bike at a great price when I was just getting started and still on a hybrid.

The new bike inspired me to ride a whole lot more and probably got me out competing a lot sooner than I would have on my own.
Cycling is a very expensive sport to get started in and that can be discouraging for a lot of people with talent/promise.
The next time I upgrade, I'll probably sell my bike to my younger brother on the cheap and hopefully push him in the same direction.

doctor j

I kept my old one and still ride it. Mostly, it is for the after-work rides throughout the year. The new one gets weekend and century duty.

Late last summer, my newer one suffered a frame failure on the rear drive side drop-out. Had I not kept the old one, I would have been without for a couple of months until the warranty frame arrived.

BykOfALesserGod

I keep mine inside the work gym (used by Marines 24/7). It's good to be the King!

TXRR

I'll raise it to $10, when can I pick it up?

garysol1 

Anyone bid $15?

merlinextraligh

Traded the last one for a bottle of scotch.

Homebrew01

Older bikes get pushed further to the bowels of the basement.

canam73

I've said this before, but the trick to have your wife not notice what is going on with your bikes is to have at least 4.

Obviously you have one, and they notice when you get a second. Even on the 3rd. But once you get to four it's just a pile of bikes. Who can really tell how many are back there?

And again, this works for cameras, guns, stereos......

Bob Ross

Nothing. It's still here. Now I have several.

qcpmsame 

I delivered my '97 R500 to our daughter in Atlanta, Ga last weekend so she can up her riding level and mileage. She is tall and has longer legs than a lot of women and it fits her like a glove, she had ridden it here at home many times with me and she jumped at the chance to have the bike. Our son has become a gym rat and a runner and said to pass it along to her.

Bill

longbeachgary

Keep it.

Gjc985

I use it for the trainer. Although im trying to sell/trade it for a cross bike

Brian Ratliff

I am not in the habit of selling frames or bikes. Typically what happens is the old bike gets taken out of service to be overhauled and rebuilt, usually with a new purpose in mind. Sometimes I strip the parts to put on the new frame and keep the old frame to rebuild eventually into something useful. Last time this happened, the old frame was taken out of primary service because it seemed to be going "soft"; a year or so later, found out the frame was damaged and got it replaced on warranty; so two new bikes for the price of one. I don't buy direct replacement frames/bikes very often.

milkbaby

Older bike is my commuter/rain bike... I can't bring myself to sell it. Plus, I still ride it a bunch and take it on some fast group rides. It's the one I don't feel bad about putting stickers on either!

hamster

When I bought my current "high-end" bike, I thought I'd ride the old one from time to time too.

In reality, I put 700 miles so far on the new bike, including some miles in the rain, over beat-up pavement, and a few stretches of dirt, and I put exactly zero on the old one. In fact, I took off a tire from the rear wheel to check something and I never bothered to put it back on.

I plan to put it back together and then sell it closer to the height of the riding season (in April, perhaps?)

baj32161

I kept mine for a while as a back up then sold it. I wish I had kept it. I like having more than one bike.

primov8

I've kept the ones I like, and sold the framesets I got tired of or didn't need. Same with the components, wheelsets, etc.

kevmk81

+1 for back up bike

Peiper1

Was planning to keep my old 2007 Cn'dale Synapse Carbon1 as a back-up/rain bike when I ordered my Madone 5.2 last year. Unfortunately, shortly afterwards, I got hit by an 88-year old lady who decided to crash into me thereby completely trashing the bike. The bad news: lots or road rash. The good news: no broken bones and her insurance paid for a good part of the Madone cost.

Muffin Man

$11

Beneficial Ear

Basement... future uncertain.

Clarabelle

We keep them stored for when guests and family visit and we all take a ride. Came in really handy last summer when friends from Sweden were visiting and 14 of us rode the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes.

Stealthammer

I seldom buy complete bikes and prefer to build up each new bike up in a more evolutionary manner, so over the first few months a new bike might get a complete drivetrain swap or simply an handlebar swap, but they always evolve a bit as we become "one" with each other, and the old parts just go up on the shelves to be used elsewhere. Same goes for bikes that I am "retiring" or looking to pass on. I may upgrade or downgrade a bike on occasion, and I am always looking for an opportunity to introduce a new cyclist to a bike with better built components or one that is better suited their needs, or simply to reclaim shelf/wall space so I have room to add something new.

I ended up trading the last fixed gear road bike I built for an older neglected but heavily upgrade 17" Rockhopper, and a bare well-used 58cm Tommasini road frame with no fork. The Rockhopper got parted out and sold as a bare frameset, adding many cool parts to my inventory, and the Tommasini got built up with a mix of old Ultegra and 105 parts and sold as a first road bike to a friend who had previously only ridden mountain bikes.

My parts shelves look like a used bike parts store, and I often have a spare frameset hanging from the ceilings, but I always have a spare bike to lend someone or a spare part when I break one. I guess I would have to say that I never really replace a bike with another one, and instead I just add more parts to the existing inventory that continuously evolves.

Crappymonkey

I gave it to my younger brother. I told him he can keep it as long as he wants but he's not allowed to sell it.

look566 rider

Nice C'dale! To cool to sell.