I have a nice road frame I got a bit over 40 years ago. It was my only bike for 15 years and my only road bike for another 25 years or so.
In the last few years it has been replaced by a much cheaper, less refined Schwinn frame which has several key features that make it better for my current trail riding: 1) it has much higher BB to eliminate pedal strike issues on the trails and 2) it’s an old, cheap, rusty, beat up frame that I feel better about abusing in bad conditions.
I don’t picture haggling with someone for a few bucks for an old road frame, so I figure I’ll give it away at some point, but with that much history I’m just not in a hurry.
Otto