Used bikes

Bhoy1967 · 29-06-2023 12:19am #1

Hey folks,

Where's a good place to buy a 2nd hand bike in Waterford. Not after anything fancy - just some cycling with the kids.

Thanks

dzilla · 29-06-2023 9:19am

go out to halfords and pick up a cheap new bike https://www.halfords.ie/bikes/hybrid-bikes/indi-tc1-mens-588332.html and a service

or else pop into spokes and just explain what you need they could have something there

Bhoy1967 · 29-06-2023 10:55am

Thanks for that. 👍️

Wanderer78 · 29-06-2023 12:39pm

i know rebike had a unit here for a while, but im unsure if its still going....

...but after that its the local bike shops...

https://www.altitude.ie/

https://www.spokes.ie/

halfords do sell cheap bikes, but they are cheap for a reason, check out the shops above first, as sometimes you can get a great bargain, and sometimes a far better quality bike, and of course, you get to support local businesses....

Cabaal · 30-06-2023 9:41am

Worth contacting the bike hire crowds for the greenway, they regularly sell off stock for very little.

Junior · 03-07-2023 4:02pm

O'Mahony's Cycles in Dungarvan is the only place I know of locally that do second hand stock.

Wanderer78 · 03-07-2023 5:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120800028#Comment_120800028

hear great things about them

Daisy 55 · 04-07-2023 9:01am

Done deal?

Wanderer78 · 04-07-2023 10:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802396#Comment_120802396

...im always wary of it, but you might find a great deal there, but....

Boooourns · 04-07-2023 8:18pm

Enterprise where the Wander Inn used to be, they do up and sell second hand bikes.

Wanderer78 · 05-07-2023 11:33am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805672#Comment_120805672

is that rebike?

8valve · 06-07-2023 6:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120807797#Comment_120807797

No, its a different operation.

OP: most bike shops will usually have a small stock of second bikes, taken in as trade-ins, which will be decent quality and have some kind of warranty/aftersales back-up.

Better to buy a reputable secondhand bike than a chain-store boat-anchor/gate with wheels.

Bhoy1967 · 07-07-2023 11:12am

Thanks all for the suggestions! Will try and avoid Done Deal in case I pick up on some other poor souls misfortune (stolen) bike.

eddie r · 15-07-2023 2:11am

Adverts.ie bikes always going cheap i only sold a near new one for €300 was 800 last year they lose serious value immediately never buy new as you get pittings for it when selling trust me

run_Forrest_run · 26-07-2023 4:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120853339#Comment_120853339

didn't they hold their value during covid due to a shortage of new bikes in the shops because of supply chain etc? no harm in bringing the prices down.

Wanderer78 · 27-07-2023 10:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120899745#Comment_120899745

they probably did to a degree, but the resale value has always been terrible, my own was 3k new, even though its a few years old now, and well used, id be lucky to get a couple of hundred for it....