(26-11-2014, 12:12 PM)c iom tt Wrote:

(25-11-2014, 05:39 PM)cpt_pants Wrote: It really is a shame that some riders need to sell their trophies. No amount of money is worth the blood, sweat, and tears that of gone into winning one.

I have had this conversation with a rider that was selling all of his trophys apart from the first replica he won, and his podium replica.
He said that part off the reason he was selling them was it use to make him feel sick when he realised how much money he had spent over the years to get them, and looking at them all the time just reminded him.
Charlie Williams sold all of his trophys to Mannnin Collections in Peel. His reason was they were not on show, and stored in cardboard boxes!

This subject makes you realize just how much commitment and sacrifice riders and their family's / friends make year in year out  and the stress it leaves behind.