# 'tis better to have ridden and lost than never ridden at all **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [November 21, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847 "2022-11-21T00:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thurston](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@thurston](https://tarck.cc/u/thurston)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/21 "2022-11-23T16:22:08Z")
I probably should have kept my nordavinden or sold it for a bit more. I never did get it dialed into the bike I wanted. ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/9/5/957d36ef74fd79ffa4a9625c0d7ba560c21ff998.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![featherduster](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/featherduster/32/152369_2.png) [@featherduster](https://tarck.cc/u/featherduster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/22 "2022-11-23T16:49:06Z")
man i had so much fun on & with this bike ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/1/f/1f25f9dfb553cb915493c1b940aca46223b04bbc.jpeg) ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/8/8/8811c0f86288f142cd2de48bf92a812ef2a612eb.jpeg) ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/9/f/9f4519f4dc5f6fab63cb445d410d29f9239da676.jpeg) ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/4/4/44c5955fc9d735b84b2a1337cfb8211a59072ba4.jpeg) ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/d/2/d2f4e09be9485f37bde12c8804cca0c9e1f1323b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/23 "2022-11-23T16:54:59Z")
Good bike ---
**Author:** ![Perlhammered](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/perlhammered/32/4493_2.png) [@Perlhammered](https://tarck.cc/u/Perlhammered)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/24 "2022-11-29T23:31:24Z")
![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/8/f/8f6f36a112234d670f9d7c6166711a6b2045ee64.jpeg) same ---
**Author:** ![Perlhammered](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/perlhammered/32/4493_2.png) [@Perlhammered](https://tarck.cc/u/Perlhammered)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/25 "2022-11-29T23:39:07Z")
But also this ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/5/0/5009c13c10e56bc91085ecf783027b7e97231c15.jpeg) and this ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/c/e/ceea24de3c1c32dd53efc166607c5b868ba6967d.jpeg) and also this ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/0/1/01af3b72485ece216604e30e27d34273c6046ab3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![emory](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/emory/32/91889_2.png) [@emory](https://tarck.cc/u/emory)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/26 "2022-11-30T01:11:35Z")
I would ride either of these 10/10. Dang and the other ones too. Aluminum looks good, actually. ---
**Author:** ![goose\_value\_69](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/goose_value_69/32/169983_2.png) [@goose\_value\_69](https://tarck.cc/u/goose_value_69)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/27 "2022-11-30T01:36:52Z")
I remember seeing the RL a long time ago, but the 'zetti, got dang. ---
**Author:** ![Perlhammered](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/perlhammered/32/4493_2.png) [@Perlhammered](https://tarck.cc/u/Perlhammered)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/28 "2022-11-30T03:42:39Z")
That’s one that I really wish the head tube was ~30mm taller and I’d probably still be riding it. The most telepathic handling I’ve experienced, I think. Making me want to have a disc gaulzetti/skeletor built up… ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/29 "2022-12-19T18:54:51Z")
> [@featherduster](#): > > man i had so much fun on & with this bike late pass, meant to dig this up ![IMG_3393.PNG](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/3/2/32db38512f0461fb80f30965b662c809c39e2db2.jpeg) What a storied life under the feather duster ---
**Author:** ![Shamp](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/shamp/32/162757_2.png) [@Shamp](https://tarck.cc/u/Shamp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/30 "2022-12-19T19:10:10Z")
Spooky was always the coolest bike builder, making rad alu bikes I had no need or money for. Aren’t they on like the third revival now? Owned by a group of investors with no connection to the old sXe shirts and FTW days? ---
**Author:** ![Perlhammered](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/perlhammered/32/4493_2.png) [@Perlhammered](https://tarck.cc/u/Perlhammered)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/31 "2022-12-19T19:12:27Z")
third, maybe fourth iteration. I think FTW was building frames for them again in the last couple of years, not sure about now. Or if they still exist ---
**Author:** ![Shamp](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/shamp/32/162757_2.png) [@Shamp](https://tarck.cc/u/Shamp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/32 "2022-12-19T19:17:05Z")
Their site says Handmade In Arizona, IG says Handmade In Colorado but no posts in a year and a half. I guess Spooky is too punk to live so it died again. ---
**Author:** ![Rusty\_Piton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rusty_piton/32/579_2.png) [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/33 "2023-11-21T16:40:53Z")
My introduction to basket life. I loved this bike so much. ![3667970585_2e8677ef81_k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/4/8/4878e67f532cd51606323379b98c3928390c4db9.jpeg) This thing was a great winter fixie. ![4274291492_471d7d4efe_k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/2/4/244f49631c10d4a341951b4050679bbf51080a35.jpeg) ![4217124858_dfa8b1b175_k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/9/1/91cbd2d3bc8aec56c8fbd5338cfc6fe91affb6bc.jpeg) My first “nice” bike. ![4503464380_6d81efdfb9_k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/e/f/ef1557dd9a301ac1cfc4b689b70682fa4e9deef6.jpeg) The Official Tarck Olmo! ![4565582441_04d28a4fe6_k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/1/2/12bebfe943d49efa9085f3140596d6c9c641bbd4.jpeg) And another bike that’s still in the fam ![4660898898_02f8873f9c_k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/7/1/71beac9a2a54feb752c59a0d8f3059eee7bf749d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Rusty\_Piton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rusty_piton/32/579_2.png) [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/34 "2023-11-21T16:46:16Z")
I kinda regret selling this one since Waterford closed. Especially since it got stolen from the guy I sold it to. @spaghetti, did he ever get it back? ![26643079325_6e4b52d7d2_k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/6/e/6e6b977811ebd191b0d5b992f74c814f17b1918f.jpeg) But then I think, huh, I have another steel canti rando bike that I never ride and then I’m glad I sold it. This one sure was a 'beaut! ![4750036894_5eb80783cc_4k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/3/9/39160cc70045faf605009a53df95901daf206717.jpeg) @amy, do you still have it? ---
**Author:** ![Rusty\_Piton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rusty_piton/32/579_2.png) [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/35 "2023-11-21T16:49:48Z")
When I think back, I’m amazed how many fixed gear miles I put on this thing. I rode it from Chicago to Wisconsin for cryin out loud! ![3074725558_444d8dc375_3k](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/1/5/15d9b99c03edade4e1e793539a4852a917fa0ed9.jpeg) It was the bike that started it all. RIP, The Crosscheck. ---
**Author:** ![spaghetti](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/spaghetti/32/37773_2.png) [@spaghetti](https://tarck.cc/u/spaghetti)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/36 "2023-11-21T17:02:39Z")
> [@Rusty\_Piton](#): > > did he ever get it back? no ☹ AirTag gave us an address for a few days but the wonderful police force refused to do anything, then it disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Rusty\_Piton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rusty_piton/32/579_2.png) [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/37 "2023-11-21T17:03:11Z")
Dang. ---
**Author:** ![jimmythefly](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jimmythefly/32/36079_2.png) [@jimmythefly](https://tarck.cc/u/jimmythefly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/38 "2023-11-21T18:30:06Z")
1983 Miyata Twelve Hundred ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/f/b/fb52b68fae6da56ff72810a97486e8b94a70c637.jpeg) Cheapo crabon wheels, Rival drivetrain, weird cranks. But damn that gold/brown sparkle paint, that nice tubing. Really should have kept it, I need a road bike back in my life. 1993 Bridgestone MB-2 ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/6/4/64895843d821737cce51f8741d07bbc02c5e7c47.jpeg) ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/c/5/c552ec3bf0f6e89bc87f8b794e050237a206e4cb.jpeg) This had everything, and I am a dummy for ever getting rid of it. Sw8 lugged frame and fork, high-flange WI rear hub/SON front with matchy nice wide D521 rims. Ritchey 94bcd cranks. High-polish Avid brakes and levers. XT thumbies shifting over an 8-speed XTR cassette. Dyno lights. SUPER MOTO tires in the OG supple-r 26" version. ---
**Author:** ![atombombsunsets](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/atombombsunsets/32/102839_2.png) [@atombombsunsets](https://tarck.cc/u/atombombsunsets)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/39 "2023-11-21T19:28:39Z")
> [@jimmythefly](#): > > 1983 Miyata Twelve Hundred Why did you have to go and make me trawl eBay for 80s road frames like this? ---
**Author:** ![amy](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/amy/32/37766_2.png) [@amy](https://tarck.cc/u/amy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847/40 "2023-11-21T22:51:50Z")
> [@Rusty\_Piton](#): > > @amy, do you still have it? I do! Don’t ride it much but maybe I’ll move back down the hill next year and use it as my town bike again. [Previous page](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847.md?page=1) [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/tis-better-to-have-ridden-and-lost-than-never-ridden-at-all/26847.md?page=3)