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Old January 22nd 04, 09:59 PM
Saint
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Default Best place to sell bike/New Bike advice please.

Well summer is (nearly) here and it's time to satisfy my craving for a new
bike. Was just wondering where the best place was to advertise the one I
need to sell as it's just less than 12 months old.

I'd welcome some advice on a new machine too. Definitely want a road bike
with drops, mainly for training at my own pace and leisure riding (i.e will
not be used for racing).

I have looked at a few makes including Giant which seems to be good, Trek,
Specialized, Scott and Cannondale. Recommendations from any of these most
welcome as this is the first 'proper' road bike I have ever bought so I
can't really determine good from bad - yet!

The other option is to have something custom built. My LBS is in Liverpool
and are a very friendly bunch who make their own frames and build bikes to
your spec. I'm torn between two different types of excitement - getting a
new 'name' model or the excitement of having one built to spec.

Final question is where I can buy 2003 bikes? The Giant OCR4 from 2003
looks a great machine but the equivalent '04 machine is a lousy colour.

My budget is about £800 and could go a bit higher at a push. I want
something that goes like the proverbial, is light, smooth and that will last
me for years. Not much to ask is it? ;-)

All help gratefully appreciated.

Saint



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Old January 22nd 04, 11:21 PM
John
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I would consider selling a second hand bike on ebay, you can always put a
reserve on it and it always seems that the sellers get good prices,
especially when you're buying! I think its always best to have a picture of
the bike in the ebay item.

I notice that www.bonthronebikes.com sell giant bikes from 2003, I don't
know if they've got your model but they say you should give them a call if
you can't find it on site. I actually bought a 2001 bike in 2002 from
www.evanscycles.com and I must say I found them great to deal with and have
had no problems with the bike at all. It was a mountain bike but it was £450
instead of £650. I have heard some people won't deal with these online shops
but I can't say a bad word about them really.

I do usually but from an LBS but sometimes I have my doubts especially here
in Aberdeen as they all seem to have spotty faced kids, totally
disinterested in road bikes.





"Saint" wrote in message
...
Well summer is (nearly) here and it's time to satisfy my craving for a new
bike. Was just wondering where the best place was to advertise the one I
need to sell as it's just less than 12 months old.

I'd welcome some advice on a new machine too. Definitely want a road bike
with drops, mainly for training at my own pace and leisure riding (i.e

will
not be used for racing).

I have looked at a few makes including Giant which seems to be good, Trek,
Specialized, Scott and Cannondale. Recommendations from any of these most
welcome as this is the first 'proper' road bike I have ever bought so I
can't really determine good from bad - yet!

The other option is to have something custom built. My LBS is in

Liverpool
and are a very friendly bunch who make their own frames and build bikes to
your spec. I'm torn between two different types of excitement - getting a
new 'name' model or the excitement of having one built to spec.

Final question is where I can buy 2003 bikes? The Giant OCR4 from 2003
looks a great machine but the equivalent '04 machine is a lousy colour.

My budget is about £800 and could go a bit higher at a push. I want
something that goes like the proverbial, is light, smooth and that will

last
me for years. Not much to ask is it? ;-)

All help gratefully appreciated.

Saint





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Old January 23rd 04, 12:35 PM
Simon Brooke
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Default Best place to sell bike/New Bike advice please.

"Saint" writes:

Well summer is (nearly) here and it's time to satisfy my craving for a new
bike. Was just wondering where the best place was to advertise the one I
need to sell as it's just less than 12 months old.

I'd welcome some advice on a new machine too. Definitely want a road bike
with drops, mainly for training at my own pace and leisure riding (i.e will
not be used for racing).

I have looked at a few makes including Giant which seems to be good, Trek,
Specialized, Scott and Cannondale. Recommendations from any of these most
welcome as this is the first 'proper' road bike I have ever bought so I
can't really determine good from bad - yet!

The other option is to have something custom built. My LBS is in Liverpool
and are a very friendly bunch who make their own frames and build bikes to
your spec. I'm torn between two different types of excitement - getting a
new 'name' model or the excitement of having one built to spec.


If you can afford to have your own frame built and exactly fitted to
you (and it is made by someone competent out of reasonable quality
materials), it will be better than anything off the shelf. And it
really isn't that expensive. Go for it.

Don't know who your LBS is but there's also Terry Dolan in Liverpool
who makes very nice looking frames.

URL: http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/

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Old January 23rd 04, 12:43 PM
Peter Clinch
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Saint wrote:

I'd welcome some advice on a new machine too. Definitely want a road bike
with drops, mainly for training at my own pace and leisure riding (i.e will
not be used for racing).


If you're not racing then put serious consideration into a recumbent.
Better aerodynamics than a drop bar upright and an order of magnitude
more comfortable with it.

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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Old January 23rd 04, 07:24 PM
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"Peter Clinch" wrote in message
...
Saint wrote:

I'd welcome some advice on a new machine too. Definitely want a road

bike
with drops, mainly for training at my own pace and leisure riding (i.e

will
not be used for racing).


If you're not racing then put serious consideration into a recumbent.
Better aerodynamics than a drop bar upright and an order of magnitude
more comfortable with it.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch University of Dundee
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/


Thanks for the advice guys. My LBS is actually Quinn Cycles in Edge Lane,
Liverpool who have quite a good reputation for decent frames. I have looked
at Terry Dolan too but have always been told that, whilst they are very
good, are a tad on the expensive time.

I went to look at a Scott Comp today which was a very nice machine indeed
but came a second to a Specialized Allez Com which looked great (I didn't
get to ride either so am going on looks and spec alone).

I am just a bit lost with the choice and have read that fit/comfort is
probably more important than brand which to some extent I would agree with
except that, as with everything else, there has to be good/bad/better/worse
in terms of build quality and components.

For instance I have heard that the Giant OCR range are very good but the
lower spec'd ones are a bit on the heavy side. I don't know too much about
Scott but a good friend of mine has an Elite with Ksyrium wheels and he
wouldn't part with it for the world. I always thought that Specialized were
not particularly strong in road bikes but have heard good things about the
Allez series.

Decisions decisions...

Saint


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Old January 24th 04, 11:53 AM
Zog The Undeniable
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Default Best place to sell bike/New Bike advice please.

Saint wrote:

Well summer is (nearly) here and it's time to satisfy my craving for a new
bike. Was just wondering where the best place was to advertise the one I
need to sell as it's just less than 12 months old.

I'd welcome some advice on a new machine too. Definitely want a road bike
with drops, mainly for training at my own pace and leisure riding (i.e will
not be used for racing).

I have looked at a few makes including Giant which seems to be good, Trek,
Specialized, Scott and Cannondale. Recommendations from any of these most
welcome as this is the first 'proper' road bike I have ever bought so I
can't really determine good from bad - yet!

The other option is to have something custom built. My LBS is in Liverpool
and are a very friendly bunch who make their own frames and build bikes to
your spec. I'm torn between two different types of excitement - getting a
new 'name' model or the excitement of having one built to spec.

Final question is where I can buy 2003 bikes? The Giant OCR4 from 2003
looks a great machine but the equivalent '04 machine is a lousy colour.

My budget is about £800 and could go a bit higher at a push. I want
something that goes like the proverbial, is light, smooth and that will last
me for years. Not much to ask is it? ;-)


In that case you're probably looking at something with a triple chainset
- this would get you laughed at in a race but is increasingly common for
leisure "sport" riding.

I don't think you'll get a decent custom built bike for that price.
Beware anything made of steel that tries to look like aluminium as it
will weigh a ton. Also bear in mind that aluminium frames will
eventually break, although the best ones will actually last longer than
a shoddily built steel frame (a carefully brazed steel frame will last
indefinitely though). With a triple you should be looking at a
without-pedals weight of 20-22lb. The Cannondale R600 Triple is worth
looking at for £839: http://www.evanscycles.com/product.jsp?style=3555

Alternatively, buy a custom frame and fit the components from your old
bike. They're hardly going to be worn unless you've been round the
world in the last year. The frame and forks will be easy enough to
sell, and a lot easier to post!

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Old January 24th 04, 02:53 PM
davebee
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Default Best place to sell bike/New Bike advice please.

John wrote:
I would consider selling a second hand bike on ebay, you can always put
a reserve on it and it always seems that the sellers get good prices,
especially when you're buying! I think its always best to have a picture
of the bike in the ebay item.
I notice that www.bonthronebikes.com sell giant bikes from 2003, I don't
know if they've got your model but they say you should give them a call
if you can't find it on site. I actually bought a 2001 bike in 2002 from
www.evanscycles.com and I must say I found them great to deal with and
have had no problems with the bike at all. It was a mountain bike but it
was £450 instead of £650. I have heard some people won't deal with these
online shops but I can't say a bad word about them really.
I




Evanscycles isn't an online specialist, although they ARE cycling
specialists. They have a chain ogf about 5 shops in London all of which
are very good. My only gripe with them is that they tend to be less
personalised than most lbs, because they are a chain. You need to be
slightly careful with them when using them as a shop as they always seem
overly keen to get the sake in my experience and will recommend
something more pricey than you need.



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Old January 24th 04, 10:46 PM
Saint
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snip

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. My conundrum was finally
solved today when I set the whole day aside to make a decision. To cut a
long story short I managed to get a 2003 Trek 5200 for £1600.00 (RRP =
£1999) and even got a trade in of 500 for my one year old Trek 1200. If you
add to that a Floor Pump and a set of clipless pedals into the equation then
you can imagine I am pretty happy. My net outlay today was £1100 for a top
bike.

Bike is full carbon frame with Ultegra groupset and, after one very short
ride, looks like it wll serve me well for many years to come - it's a flyer.

Thanks again.

S


 




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