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where has the second hand market gone!

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  • 12-03-2005 7:26pm
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    rob1891
    Registered Users Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭


    Last time I was out looking for second hand bikes was more than 5 years ago. Got a friend now who wants a fast commuter / possible sunday spin bike and the ideal thing is a 3 or 4 year old racer with decent long lasting componentry for anything under 600 euros. Though for the commuter side I'd push in to the not-worth-stealing area below 400. So we have gone to all the places that used to have large stock of second hand bikes but that has returned almost nothing.

    Cycleways used to have their basement full of stuff that got moved to the shed next door and now it seems to have completely disappeared. Humphries only had one s/h bike and that was too small. Didn't expect cycle superstore to have anything ... and they didn't. None of them could recommend a place with a large stock of second hands. I guess shops don't take trade-ins any longer, so what happens to your racers 2 or 3 years down the line when you want to upgrade. Do you sell them privately on buyandsell, within your club or just add them to the pile at the back of your garden??

    Rob

    P.s. Anyone got a 58ish racer going with a 105 (or better) groupset?


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    tabydub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭tabydub


    Hi,

    I have a trek 1000 04 model for sale in need of new tyres and tubes no marks/scratchs only used for 2 months 2 big for me 5"3
    Its an aluminum frame with a straight blade fork

    E450 ono


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    jman0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 731 ✭✭✭jman0


    tabydub wrote:
    Hi,

    I have a trek 1000 04 model for sale in need of new tyres and tubes no marks/scratchs only used for 2 months 2 big for me 5"3
    Its an aluminum frame with a straight blade fork

    E450 ono

    what size frame?


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,501 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    tabydub wrote:
    I have a trek 1000 04 model for sale
    Which 1000 model? When I look on http://trekbike.co.uk there are 5 1000 models (D T, FB, C, WSD and C WSD). A pic would be great.

    http://www.evanscycles.com has some 2004 models for sale (D and FB). Is it one of them?


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    Morgan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Morgan


    I've been wondering the same thing - where have all the 2nd hand bikes gone? O'Briens on Thomas St. used to sell a few but they seem to have shut down in the last few weeks.

    I'm selling this by the way:
    http://morganoconnell.fotopic.net/c310933.html
    drop me a line if you're interested.


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    my mate bought a lovely Specialized Rockhopper via www.buyandsell.ie

    It was only two years old and was in super nick. There are deals out there, you just have to a) look hard, b) be lucky!


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    tabydub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭tabydub


    The frame is 52cm as far as i know not sure of all the features of the bike but ti is the same shape frame as the 1000wsd it is silver and read although i dont know if the forks are carbon


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    jman0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 731 ✭✭✭jman0


    tabydub wrote:
    The frame is 52cm as far as i know not sure of all the features of the bike but ti is the same shape frame as the 1000wsd it is silver and read although i dont know if the forks are carbon

    Can you tell us what groupset it is, particularly derailluers?
    So far this bike exactly is fitting what i'm looking for
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=234115


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    tabydub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭tabydub


    hey,

    I found this link of the bike


    http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1000.jsp#


    Same colour etc just needs tyres and tubes


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