Hi,
I realise this isn't the best time of year to find these deals but thought I'd ask anyway.
i'm looking to build a new bike as cheaply as possible which will be based around an ebay chinese carbon frame and carbon wheel set. I've been pricing up the other parts and thought that if I could find a particularly good offer on a complete bike I could strip the group set and sell the frame, wheels etc... to hopefully reduce the cost below buying the groupset in full
Does anyone know of any one off, last year's model, last one in stock etc... deal that is particularly cheap? I'm checking the national chains websites but thought someone might have seen something at a LBS etc...
I'm after 105 or better, and am happy to consider SRAM and Campagnolo equivalents. My current bike has Tiagra and whilst I've had absolutely no problems with it I'd like to go up the order a bit this time.
One contender was the Revolution Continental Pro Ten which is nearly all 105 except the chainset and brakes which I could sell and replace with 105 anyway. However, I'm not sure that Revolution frames and finishing kit would get as much on ebay as Giant, Specialized etc... Ideally I'd like to spend less than the £600 as well if possible.
Also considered 2010 Boardmans but the group set is too mixed.
Size isn't really an issue as I won't be riding it but very big or small would limit my market on ebay.
I would also consider a much more expensive bike if there was a big enough discount and the frame and wheels would fetch a good sum.
It really might not be feasible doing this way compared to looking for good deals on individual components but I thought I'd at least investigate.
Thanks for any help!
Phil
I realise this isn't the best time of year to find these deals but thought I'd ask anyway.
i'm looking to build a new bike as cheaply as possible which will be based around an ebay chinese carbon frame and carbon wheel set. I've been pricing up the other parts and thought that if I could find a particularly good offer on a complete bike I could strip the group set and sell the frame, wheels etc... to hopefully reduce the cost below buying the groupset in full
Does anyone know of any one off, last year's model, last one in stock etc... deal that is particularly cheap? I'm checking the national chains websites but thought someone might have seen something at a LBS etc...
I'm after 105 or better, and am happy to consider SRAM and Campagnolo equivalents. My current bike has Tiagra and whilst I've had absolutely no problems with it I'd like to go up the order a bit this time.
One contender was the Revolution Continental Pro Ten which is nearly all 105 except the chainset and brakes which I could sell and replace with 105 anyway. However, I'm not sure that Revolution frames and finishing kit would get as much on ebay as Giant, Specialized etc... Ideally I'd like to spend less than the £600 as well if possible.
Also considered 2010 Boardmans but the group set is too mixed.
Size isn't really an issue as I won't be riding it but very big or small would limit my market on ebay.
I would also consider a much more expensive bike if there was a big enough discount and the frame and wheels would fetch a good sum.
It really might not be feasible doing this way compared to looking for good deals on individual components but I thought I'd at least investigate.
Thanks for any help!
Phil
