What to do with my old road bike?
Discussion
Sell or keep it?
I recently bought a Canyon Aeroad recently and since buying it I haven't used my other bike. I remember thinking "I'll keep the Canyon for nice days, and the Bianchi for bad weather days" but then, the Canyon has discs, so is far better suited to bad weather riding.
Trouble is, the Bianchi is worth more to me and in bits than it'd likely get. It's a 2012 (I think, maybe 2011, I can check) Infinito but it's had 38cm 3T Ergonova carbon cars a shorter Deda stem, it's got a power2max type S power meter, Selle SMP Stratos Saddle, it's all up-to-scratch and the chain and cassette on there are in good nick. Wheels have been upgraded to Shimano RS80's as well....so there isn't a great deal of original bike there!!
Cost £2200 when new, so if I do go to sell it, any idea what to plug it at? Baring in mind the power meter etc. Frame size, I think, is 51cm but I'd have to check.
Sorry if this goes against selling rules....but it isn't for sale yet, I'm just wanting to see what people think I should try plugging it at, if I do decide to sell it....and whether people think it's actually worth keeping or selling?
Thanks
I recently bought a Canyon Aeroad recently and since buying it I haven't used my other bike. I remember thinking "I'll keep the Canyon for nice days, and the Bianchi for bad weather days" but then, the Canyon has discs, so is far better suited to bad weather riding.
Trouble is, the Bianchi is worth more to me and in bits than it'd likely get. It's a 2012 (I think, maybe 2011, I can check) Infinito but it's had 38cm 3T Ergonova carbon cars a shorter Deda stem, it's got a power2max type S power meter, Selle SMP Stratos Saddle, it's all up-to-scratch and the chain and cassette on there are in good nick. Wheels have been upgraded to Shimano RS80's as well....so there isn't a great deal of original bike there!!
Cost £2200 when new, so if I do go to sell it, any idea what to plug it at? Baring in mind the power meter etc. Frame size, I think, is 51cm but I'd have to check.
Sorry if this goes against selling rules....but it isn't for sale yet, I'm just wanting to see what people think I should try plugging it at, if I do decide to sell it....and whether people think it's actually worth keeping or selling?
Thanks
Not much market in SH bikes, you might do OK if you find a mate or mate of mate to sell it to, otherwise its a buyers market imo and ive bought loads of SH bikes
Much better to sell the bits, even more so if you kept the originals so you can bolt them on
Can you not sell the Power meter and other valuable bits and keep the bike as as a spare?
Much better to sell the bits, even more so if you kept the originals so you can bolt them on
Can you not sell the Power meter and other valuable bits and keep the bike as as a spare?
Just keep it and use it in bad weather. Disc brakes don't make the Canyon a winter bike, whilst it might stop you easier there are other factors which dont include braking..
- Icy/Muddy Road and fall, what bike would you rather be on?
- Lots of puddles (masking giant pot holes!), what bike what you rather be on?
I have an identical Aeroad and recently I bought some cheaper wheels to use in bad weather (mainly wind) and to prolong the life of my good wheels. Whilst I have used the Canyon a lot recently it does seem a bit daft, I am going to try using my spare bike more. I can then look forward to sunny days and the extra enjoyment/speed the Aeroad will bring...
If you really aren't going to use the other bike strip off the expensive bits, rebuild the bike and stick £500 in the bank.
- Icy/Muddy Road and fall, what bike would you rather be on?
- Lots of puddles (masking giant pot holes!), what bike what you rather be on?
I have an identical Aeroad and recently I bought some cheaper wheels to use in bad weather (mainly wind) and to prolong the life of my good wheels. Whilst I have used the Canyon a lot recently it does seem a bit daft, I am going to try using my spare bike more. I can then look forward to sunny days and the extra enjoyment/speed the Aeroad will bring...
If you really aren't going to use the other bike strip off the expensive bits, rebuild the bike and stick £500 in the bank.
russy01 said:
Just keep it and use it in bad weather. Disc brakes don't make the Canyon a winter bike, whilst it might stop you easier there are other factors which dont include braking..
- Icy/Muddy Road and fall, what bike would you rather be on?
- Lots of puddles (masking giant pot holes!), what bike what you rather be on?
I have an identical Aeroad and recently I bought some cheaper wheels to use in bad weather (mainly wind) and to prolong the life of my good wheels. Whilst I have used the Canyon a lot recently it does seem a bit daft, I am going to try using my spare bike more. I can then look forward to sunny days and the extra enjoyment/speed the Aeroad will bring...
If you really aren't going to use the other bike strip off the expensive bits, rebuild the bike and stick £500 in the bank.
I think having had the fall and fracturing my clavicle I've almost set myself on the fact that if it's bad weather out I'll just stick it out on the TT to be honest. For my sins, I actually quite enjoy using the Kickr, much more so than riding in cold and wet weather, or ice etc!- Icy/Muddy Road and fall, what bike would you rather be on?
- Lots of puddles (masking giant pot holes!), what bike what you rather be on?
I have an identical Aeroad and recently I bought some cheaper wheels to use in bad weather (mainly wind) and to prolong the life of my good wheels. Whilst I have used the Canyon a lot recently it does seem a bit daft, I am going to try using my spare bike more. I can then look forward to sunny days and the extra enjoyment/speed the Aeroad will bring...
If you really aren't going to use the other bike strip off the expensive bits, rebuild the bike and stick £500 in the bank.
I bought a Zipp 202 front wheel for the Canyon which I used the other day in relatively strong winds. It's a 32mm deep wheel so not very deep and didn't get blown about at all. I'll save the Reynolds 62mm front wheel for days that aren't too windy! It does look a bit odd with the deep rear wheel and the 32mm Zipp front wheel with white decals, mind
E65Ross said:
This is the only one I have on my laptop but if interested I can easily take some more. It's always been well maintained RE getting new cables when needed, new chains etc.
to a buyer... that just screams- It has been USED heavily and is OLD as f, when I'm looking for a SH bike I'm looking for a bike which has covered less than 200miles and was bought by someone and than not used because they were too lazy to actually ride it..Look on ebay SOLD auctions to give you an idea what you could actually get for it.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=Genesis+Eq...
Also it's really about finding the right sucker to buy it.. Make awesome pics, freshen it up, describe it the best you can and hope for the best.
I have bought some bikes for close to nothing on fleabay auctions £5-£20 and sold them for almost what they Retail for New.. Generally People have no idea about bikes and will buy them based on how it looks and is described...Or just because they want to loose their fat
Edited by bagusbagus on Thursday 8th February 12:03
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