Here is a couple of frames I sold way back in December 2014. I had had both for a year or two and hadn't the funds to build either at the time. A regretful sale for sure.
While I have a few frames and usually a project or two on the go it is very few and far between that I would be buying and selling frames these days, not for a good few years now. I am lucky enough to have a few frames and bikes but these are ridden and built to be ridden.
The Colnago I had picked up very very cheap and it was in my size and a beautiful frame. It was very well made and while I looked the look of it, it just didn't do it for me and I couldn't get enthused about building it, hence it sat for a long time. The December I really needed to raise some cash for the family and so this was sold on, along with the Hobbs, which is a different story.
I usually buy a frame that I am enthused to build and ride, first and foremost. I sometimes see a beaten up old frame and just have a picture in my head about how I could build it back up to be on the road again and also picture riding it. With the Colnago it somehow was just about owning it as I couldn't get into building it, maybe it was just a bit too bling for me and due to these uneasy feelings about owning it for the sake of owning it I was glad to sell it on.
My 1952 Hobbs Blue Riband was the most beautiful older frame I have ever had the privilege to own. A truly classy frame. Unbuilt since it was painted by Mario Vaz in London. I had had it a while and was slowly gathering some parts for it when as mentioned above I needed to raise some cash and while this, unlike the Colnago, I really did regret selling, though I knew it would sell quickly. Needs must as they say and it did find a new home in the States, arriving in Ohio on Christmas Eve. This is one of the few frames I ever miss.
Here are a couple of pics of Caleb with it.
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