bike valuation

[Virgil Gates]

hi all where get a valuation certificate for my bike.and how much do the normaly cost.want to have my bike insured.thnks all

[Barry]

Insure the bike for what it would cost to replace the bike with somthing similar. 

[RobertWhitehead]

2 hours ago, Virgil Gates said:

hi all where get a valuation certificate for my bike.and how much do the normaly cost.want to have my bike insured.thnks all

Head to your LBS and ask them to give you one. They normally offer one for free

[Dexter-morgan]

Yip, Outsurance did not even ask me for a certificate, just your estimated replacement value and you pay the premium.

[HowardSteele]

Get your bike valued ,taking account your upgrades which differ to the stock purchased bike...remember ,to add not only drive train and brakes but tyres,dropper etc....most important is wnen you add new upgrades remember to have the valuation revised .

[Bub Marley]

Make sure you keep all your invoices for all your upgrades. At the end of the day, the onus is on you to prove that your bike is worth that amount.

[Virgil Gates]

thanks guys for the helpfull feedback will get to the bike shops in my area nd see what i get.mych apreciated🙏

[ChrisF]

13 hours ago, Dexter-morgan said:

Yip, Outsurance did not even ask me for a certificate, just your estimated replacement value and you pay the premium.

 

This does NOT work with Santam.

[MORNE]

A different problem….watch their minds melt when you tell them you have fully custom bikes built from scratch that you wont find in a cookie cutter bike catalogue🤣

“yes but is it a trek or a giant or a specialised?”

Also, the amount of people who hear ‘scott’ when i say ‘cotic’ haha. Shows how conditioned we are i guess.

[droo]

14 hours ago, Virgil Gates said:

thanks guys for the helpfull feedback will get to the bike shops in my area nd see what i get.mych apreciated🙏

If you can, go to a place that stocks your brand. It'll be much easier for them to give you a quote.

[Frosty]

2 hours ago, MORNE said:

A different problem….watch their minds melt when you tell them you have fully custom bikes built from scratch that you wont find in a cookie cutter bike catalogue🤣

“yes but is it a trek or a giant or a specialised?”

Also, the amount of people who hear ‘scott’ when i say ‘cotic’ haha. Shows how conditioned we are i guess.

I gave my Insurer an itemised pricing for frameset, groupset, wheels, cockpit components and everything else that totals up to the replacement cost. At least for the bike that isn’t an off the shelf purchase.

[cadenceblur]

Likewise, but if itemized should also be easier to derive value of replacement for a specific component.

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, MORNE said:

A different problem….watch their minds melt when you tell them you have fully custom bikes built from scratch that you wont find in a cookie cutter bike catalogue🤣

“yes but is it a trek or a giant or a specialised?”

Also, the amount of people who hear ‘scott’ when i say ‘cotic’ haha. Shows how conditioned we are i guess.

 

Very similar nightmare getting the correct insuance value for a kitted 4x4 ... especially if you did most of the kittin yourself ....

 

 

Had to go beg at a fitment centre for a valuation document .... 

[WR 1.0]

17 minutes ago, cadenceblur said:

Likewise, but if itemized should also be easier to derive value of replacement for a specific component.

Correct, I even included links to websites showing items not available locally