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MADBAZ
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 Posted: Sat 21st Jun 10:22pm Post subject: Am I Asking For Too Much For My Bike? |
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im wanting to sell my bike for $1000 am i asking for to much? how much is it really worth?
http://www.vorb.org.nz/buysell-listing-80827.html
also what happened to the guy who was selling all those frames?
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Soba
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What something is worth is only equal to what someone is wiilling to pay for it. Not everyone has $1k sitting in their back pocket either so it may take a few weeks, be patient.
Maybe take it in to your LBS for a service/cleanup, i can see a few things in that photo that would put me off a bit from a condition point of view.
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musket
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$750 would be fair.
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MADBAZ
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like what?
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MADBAZ
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i might aswel not sell it if i can only get $750 for it
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Soba
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The chain looks rusty, the missing barend with dirt in makes it look like its been thrown around, and the slammed seat screams 'i used this for DH/jumps'. Cleaning the dirt off your hubs etc would make all the difference too, make it look well looked-after.
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tyred
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Its amazing what difference giving the bike a really good clean can do to it. As the others have said, get rid of dirt from handlebars, wash the thing well, fix the rusty bolts, etc etc.
Remove the cruddy chainstay protector - show off the nice clean chainstay (assuming you put it on when it was new?).
I've bought second hand bikes (why ever buy new when old will do???) and managed to talk a couple of hundered off the asking price by pointing out things like rusty bolts (bike not cleaned and dried properly),holes in seat, or scratches and knicks in funny places.
For photos of the bike, give it a spray with WD-40 (the frame, bars, seatpost, not the rotors or brakes  ), leave it for a few mins, and wipe it off. The shine it brings up is impressive. Do the same before people come to view the bike.
If you 'dress it up' enough, you can make mutton look a lot like lamb  . Worth the extra effort if it gets you the sale, or a few hundered bucks extra.
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waty983
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i second the wd-40! a lil spray here and a lil spray there and its like totaly brand new dude! even stays quite clean for ages... although you may want to do it in a ventilated place... think headspins if you use lots
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kcids-naughty-account
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| Posted: Sun 22nd Jun 2:22pm Post subject: |
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its worth $1000 easy
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jordanmtbr
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as for the guy selling all the frames, thats me, working for the bikefix queenstown... if your interested get intouch... (03) 441-2299
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CraigOfMarshall
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ye its worth a grand
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mitch7
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In at MTB Action Mag this year there was an article about selling your bike...the how to's..
Great cleaning, and good photos seem to be the main ones. and small repairs are worth doing too.
But everyones said that..eh
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