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Where to purchase second hand bikes?

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  • 30-06-2006 4:29pm
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    Aedh Baclamh
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    What shops deal in second hand racers around Dublin and the surrounding areas?


    Cheers


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    Trojan
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    Dunno about getting a 2nd hand road bike (racer), but it's fairly common to see 2nd hand MTBs on Fairview at both Little Sport (north end of the pediestrian bridge) and City Cycles (bottom of Malahide Rd). That's where I'd start looking.

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    BeardyGit
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    I got a couple of good deals this weekend on second-hand bikes at the Cycle Inn out in Tallaght. They don't have any racers as far as I can see in their second-hand stock but I'm sure they'd keep you in mind for anything if you dropped in with your name and number.


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    Aedh Baclamh
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    Thanks for the responses, think I might be getting an old banger during the week and I intend on doing it up myself. Shouldn't be too difficult with the help of a few websites? And where do you recommend I buy parts, as I was in cycleways recently and it looked a bit steep to me.


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    milod
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    Aedh Baclamh wrote:
    Thanks for the responses, think I might be getting an old banger during the week and I intend on doing it up myself. Shouldn't be too difficult with the help of a few websites? And where do you recommend I buy parts, as I was in cycleways recently and it looked a bit steep to me.


    eBay has lots of shimano kit for sale...


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    Morgan
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    The Cycle Inn in Tallaght always has a number of second hand bikes for sale. They're good for parts too.

    http://www.thecycleinn.com/

    You can also get your parts online, e.g. from Chain Reaction


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    blorg
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    I'd use Buy & Sell, I got two hybrids there, one under half retail, the other one third retail. Alternatively good bargains also pop up here on boards.

    At the moment there seem to be a number of road bikes on B&S from €300-400. Make sure you find out the retail; going rate really is no more than 60% once it's second-hand, and that would be for something perfect. Bikes do not seem to shift quickly in Buy & Sell, I see people dropping prices continually.

    Also see the other thread here - someone is selling their training bike.

    Other than that I got a perfect Trek 1000 half retail from Cycleogical on the quays a few years back. But generally you will not get great deals from a shop AFAIK.


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