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Buying a Bike in EU - Pinkbike Equivalent??

  • 11-07-2022 11:03am
    #1
    FirstinLastout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭


    I have been looking at some possible enduro bikes on Pinkbike as a likely purchase but unfortunately in a post-brexit world I’d likely get raked over the coals by customs.

    Even if a successful low-ball offer was accepted I’m doubtful that customs would be capable of considering that an apparently nice and shiny bike was bought having factored in that fork/shock needs a rebuild, bearings, BB & pads are toast, that it’s wearing old tires and the pedals have mysteriously fallen off.

     

    So while there are some ads on PB from Europe they are few & far between.

    I’ve sourced 2nd hand components from Germany & France in the past but never a full ride…. So I’m wondering if there is a Pinkbike, or similar, equivalent that’s more focused on Eu that I am not aware of?



Comments

  • #2
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Not your question but could you take a day and use the sail and rail to collect, only adds on €80.



  • #3
    Gorteen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,020 ✭✭✭Gorteen


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119349342#Comment_119349342

    Sail and rail?



  • #4
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119497044#Comment_119497044

    Irish ferries and Stena Line have versions of it. Rock up to Rosslare or Dublin port, buy a sail and rail ticket. Get off on the other side and get a train anywhere in the UK included in the price. Arrive, pick up bike, hop on return train (maybe even stop somewhere for a spin around). I found it really handy for trips over there. Remember you have to buy a separate train ticket for your bike at the station but they are free.



  • #5
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Living here in the UK, there is nothing remotely comparable to the size of the pinkbike buy & sell section. There is the likes of singletracks.com or a motley collection of facebook groups that will be very regionalised, but you just wont get the scale of what can be found on pinkbikes; some great bikes to find but very much pot luck that someone happens to be selling something that is your size and at a price you like.

    What CramCycle suggests would most likely be the path of least resistance.



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