Help for a newbie

[Rachmaninoff]

Hi guys 

 

As you can see by the title of this post I'm new to all of this, so please have pity if I'm posting in the wrong thread / section!.

 

But to my question (which may require a bit of background info):

 

Until June this year I was living in Little South Africa, SW London. One night after a couple of beers, and without one of us actually owning a bike, my brother in law, a mate and I decided to tackle the London – Paris ride.

 

Subsequently we all bought MTB's (can't recall the reasoning behind deciding on MTB's...), panniers and helmets and set off two weeks later.

 

We suffered. Badly.

 

But we, nevertheless, drank the cool aid and felt converted. Back in Wimbledon we all sold our MTB's and got road bikes. Mine was a Planet X Superlight Pro Carbon.

 

Come June, a good opportunity opened up for me to come back to SA and the bike came with, albeit 3 months later.

 

I have been toying with the idea of selling the bike (1) because I think it's a smidgen too small for me, and (2) there's a VERY attractive bike I saw advertised on here (to avoid attracting unwanted attention to it, i'l leave it unnamed!) that will require a bit – quite a lot – of supplementary funding.

 

Problem is that I'm not too sure what a fair price for mine would be here in SA. The specs are as follows:

 

Frame: Full carbon Superlight Pro Carbon

Groupset: Campagnolo Centaur ten speed (the brake levers look like they are carbon wrapped)

Fork: Black Magic carbon fork

Seat post: Easton EC90 carbon

Saddle: Selle Italia Thoork Test saddle 

Wheels: Campagnolo Khamsim (front), Bianchi Reparto Corse (back)

Tyres: Hutchinson Fusion 3 (pretty brand new)

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

[m-squared]

I don't know what would be a fair price but try the bike market or your lbs. They should be able to give you a fair valuation.

 

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[Rachmaninoff]

I don't know what would be a fair price but try the bike market or your lbs. They should be able to give you a fair valuation.

 

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Thanks! Will give that a shot.

Regards

[DJR]

The longest established person with a super honest reputation in selling second hand bikes is Averon, from Cycle Traders in Woodstock. I would swing by with the bike and ask his advice. I have both bought and sold bikes through him and he always treated me fairly. He mostly deals in middle and higher end bikes. 

 

http://www.aiyellow.com/cycletraders/

 

Alternatively, Niels from Woodstock Cycleworks also deal in second hand bikes, although more in the classic, single speed, hipster and older bike category. He is equally trustworthy and always free with advice. 

 

http://www.woodstockcycleworks.com/

[Rachmaninoff]

The longest established person with a super honest reputation in selling second hand bikes is Averon, from Cycle Traders in Woodstock. I would swing by with the bike and ask his advice. I have both bought and sold bikes through him and he always treated me fairly. He mostly deals in middle and higher end bikes. 

 

http://www.aiyellow.com/cycletraders/

 

Alternatively, Niels from Woodstock Cycleworks also deal in second hand bikes, although more in the classic, single speed, hipster and older bike category. He is equally trustworthy and always free with advice. 

 

http://www.woodstockcycleworks.com/

Brilliant, thanks DJR.