I received my pee five six back in June 2012. I kept my P2C as my training bike so the P5 was a race-only machine. It was fantastic.

But I only got to ride it about 6 times. After a race in May 2013 I found myself with hamstring, glute, and lower back pain. 1.5 years and many doctor visits later, I am still unable to train. It's some combination of high hamstring tendonitis, piriformas, sciatica, blah blah. See a new doctor and you get a new diagnosis. I am NOT giving up on being able to do triathlons again, but it will likely be a while (at least 2 years) before I am able to compete at the elite-amateur level.

Given all this, help me think through the economics of deciding what I should do with my P5-6? The options are:

1) Sell it. Why keep a depreciating asset on the wall doing nothing? By the time I'm ready to do triathlons, the same money will allow me to re-buy something just as fast, or faster. There's NO point to keeping it.

2) Keep it forever. I might do triathlons again, and it'll be a fast bike for many years to come.

3) Something else? Anyone want to rent a fully decked out (with Hed disc w/powertap) size 56 P5? Um... yeah and don't crash it, thanks.

Personally, I could just sit and stare at that for a while each day. It's a piece of art.