What would you pay for this bike?

Recreation Cycling
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I ask, because I have no idea, although I’m guessing not a lot and probably not more than a few thousand NT because it’s a ten-year old Frankenstein road bike with rim brakes. ‘Frankenstein’ because some of the components come from an old Giant Defy, and for this reason, the front gear lever mechanisms don’t match - one is Tiagra, the other is 105. The frame is an aluminium Performer.

My local bikeshop put it together for me in 2014 using salvageable parts from my smashed-up Defy. It’s now sitting in a corner, gathering dust, since I got a ti-frame road bike last year. That said, it’s been regularly maintained by my local bike shop in Zhonghe, and the newest component is a rear cassette that was only used for a month or two.

All that said, it’s been ridden a fair distance, including up and down some of the smaller hills and mountains around Taipei like Maokong, Fudekeng and Guanyinshan, as well as down to Wulai, Fetsui Reservoir and other places. It could easily take a new owner a lot of other places as well, I’m sure.

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$8,000? The rim brakes (instead of disc), Performer frame (instead of a Giant Defy frame), and 10 years old work against you.

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I figured they would work against it, yes. I’m not sure I’d get that much though given the mismatched parts. Or I could stick it up on Facebook Marketplace and ask for that or the nearest offer, I guess.

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I would allow potential buyers to take it out for a test ride. Just get hold of their ID when they do. If it’s been well maintained, it just may fetch that amount.

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Sure, I’d do nothing else.

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You could part it out, if you had the time and tools to, probably get 10,000 easy for it in bits.

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Yeah, I’m no bike mechanic. Not doing that.

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You’ve probably had your money’s worth then to be honest, stick it up on whatever site and see what goes, consider anything as a bonus.

That’s not to say it’s worthless by any means.

I had a bike that I hadn’t ridden for ages, someone stole it a couple of years ago. It was great actually, very liberating. I had been holding onto it because bicycle soul reasons but it was knackered.

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