vickster
Legendary Member
I went on a Saturday, no time off. Probably £20 petrol
Buying used-worth the hassle
- Thread starter Boragaincyclist
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
If you want the bike and the seller has stipulated collection only, then sometimes you have to bite the bullet.
It was a bike I have wanted for a long time, in the correct size, colour, and condition, with a few useful extras thrown in.
I made a wee holiday of the trip from Ayrshire to Croydon and back, fitting in a few nights camping (and cycling, obviously!) in Henley on Thames.
Yes it added to the cost of the bike, but I don't look at it that way. I went away on a break, and came back with a bike! No regrets.
Petrol used £120.
Camping fees £80.
Ridgeback Panorama, priceless.
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Boragaincyclist
Regular
- Location
- Kent
Weird.
vickster
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I work in Henley, and the campsite is next to the Rugby pitch ? It's lovely around here.
Roadrider48
Voice of the people
- Location
- Londonistan
Is your username supposed to be bornagaincyclist?
Just asking....
Just asking....
outlash
also available in orange
- Location
- ice station zebra
So what you're actually saying is: 'I want the bargain of a lifetime and I'm not prepared to do any legwork to get it'. Go and buy the Rockrider.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Last time I couriered a bike it cost a fortune, by the time I had paid proper insurance to the replacement value it was cheaper to stick in the back of the car and drive it a couple of hundred miles. I now offer that as an alternative to packing (though that isn't difficult, just go to a bike shop and blag an empty box) and posting.
the snail
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham
There are loads of cheap bikes on ebay etc, but you need to bide your time, or get lucky to find the right one in the right place at the right price. Expecting to pick one up within a few days is overly optimistic. Why not get a new QR and fix your old one, then you can take your time and wait for a SH bargain, or save up and buy new?
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Then if he doesn't like it, he can stick it on e-bay with the stipulation that it is "for collection only, and no bids from weirdos who live more than 15 miles away".
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
I bought my PX CX from London, when I was living in Norwich. It was worth it to me, to drive and fetch it. It came with original receipts and receipt for it's last service too. Bike was only 9 months old and really well looked after. It would have been around £1200 if I had bought it new at the time and I got it for £600. It's one of these and has actually gone down £200 over the last 18 months as they have released their new bikes with SRAM gearing.
For me, it was worth the drive there and back.
For me, it was worth the drive there and back.
mark st1
Plastic Manc
- Location
- Leafy Berkshire
Goodness me your 2nd ride took you 500 yards from my front door !! Small world.
I made a 160 mile round trip to pick up my latest bike did it on a Saturday so cost me nothing but £30 in fuel. And obvs the price of the bike ! Luckily for me 1 careful owner couldn't be more of a better description. Chuffed to bits with her even made the slog round the M25 worthwhile (yes even on a Saturday that road is a headbanger
.bonsaibilly
Guest
Hi, in my experience where used bargains fall down is physically getting the bike. If it's more than 15 miles away it is not worth the petrol and no one will deliver a bike for a sensible price.
What do people normally do when a bike is, say, in north Yorkshire and you live in Devon? It isn't worth travelling to nor getting delivered, so is the value of buying used a myth?
I think it is and would like someone to explain how it is anything more than a myth
If this is because of your other toys-out-of-pram style thread... it might help if you said where you are based so that people know whether to bother offering to sell you a bike!
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