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.
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.
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.
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.
I second this. Tough to the sell the bike as is and even if taken apart, the mismatched parts will also result in a tough sale. I’ve sold a few bikes in Taipei and the easiest sale of the three was having Taipei Bike Works break things down where they bought it from me for spare parts or they were going to resell.
The shop does see a fair amount of foreigners that may be looking for a budget friendly bike for their short stay in Taipei, so might be worth to see if the shop can help?
Alternatively, just keep this one for the back up bike when the main wip is in the or waiting for parts. Aside from being the last rim brake Specialized ever made and sentimental reasons, having a back up is one of the few reasons why I keep my rim 6 year old brake around.
Funnily enough, I only just decided to keep it this week just as I was finally getting ready to sell it. I’ve been trying to go out cycling almost every day and heading to a cafe to do remote work for motivation. Didn’t want to risk locking my nice bike up out of sight, then suddenly realised I already had another bike that was a lot cheaper I could use instead. If the cheap gets stolen, I’ll be pissed off, but I won’t be devastated, like I would be if I lost my fancy titanium machine.
Bike theft typically isn’t an issue in Taiwan. However, most people, including your truly, still like to keep their bikes within eyeshot when at a cafe stop. More of a ease of mind than anything.
Living most of my life in the UK has made it impossible for me to ever really feel comfortable leaving any bike locked up out of sight, regardless of how safe the country.
Yeah, I hear horror stories from the UK and western countries. Having only started cycling here in Taiwan, I feel a bit spoiled with not having to ever worry about theft.
Interestingly enough, I typically do group rides and 4-6 bikes leaned against each other outside 7-11 can be summed up to 2.0-2.3 million NTD and we don’t even think twice that someone would think about stealing them. First thing we worry about is if they’re stacked correctly so no one’s bikes get scratched.
