Buying a 2nd hand DH bike
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ajay
^Once punched Jeff Kennett. Don't pick an e-fight
$1k should get you a bike perfectly capable of winning on. Allow a few hundred to get kitted out with a full face helmet, goggles, gloves and whatever body armour/clothes you want. Its nice to at least have a pair of moto style pants/shorts as regular duds will get hammered pretty quickly.
bikesarefun
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Agree. I've got a DH bike for sale for $1k, and it'll get the job done for sure.
heavyp
You heard it here first
Yep a G will get you a nice bike, maybe put a little extra aside for a service/tune or something that may need replacing
http://www.rotorburn.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?104-Downhill-Bikes
http://www.rotorburn.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?104-Downhill-Bikes
ajay
^Once punched Jeff Kennett. Don't pick an e-fight
Can you link it?
A-Listers Only
Likes Dirt
Have a look in the for sale section and your bound to find a nice bike for $1K.
Thanks
Thanks very much guys, much appreciated. I was hoping it might be around a 1k. Now the search begins for a bike. I'm pretty psyched to start riding DH and I just watched a couple of videos of some DH riding in Sydney and I was pumped. They make it look so easy. Then I seen a video of a guy riding at Oxford Falls and he comes off and snaps his arm in two. I cringed. Still super keen though.
Thanks very much guys, much appreciated. I was hoping it might be around a 1k. Now the search begins for a bike. I'm pretty psyched to start riding DH and I just watched a couple of videos of some DH riding in Sydney and I was pumped. They make it look so easy. Then I seen a video of a guy riding at Oxford Falls and he comes off and snaps his arm in two. I cringed. Still super keen though.
T-Rex
Template denier
Look closely at the seller....
If buying a second hand DH bike, I would select a bike based on the seller:
The best possible seller is a middle aged man who purchased a DH bike new, then scared the s*&t out of himself or hurt himself on his first few outings to a DH track, and put the bike on ebay. Such a bike hasn't done much work, and won't have been ridden hard enough to have damaged anything.
Sellers to stay away from:
Teenagers with not much mechanical skill and parental support. These guys will ride a bike pretty hard and not maintain it, because they don't have the skill or money to replace things as they wear, and mummy and daddy won't cough up for the level of professional servicing needed to keep it in good condition.
The sharp end of the field. Top DH riders can be very hard on frames, and they routinely crack them. Not all top riders are that brutal, but plenty of them are.
If buying a second hand DH bike, I would select a bike based on the seller:
The best possible seller is a middle aged man who purchased a DH bike new, then scared the s*&t out of himself or hurt himself on his first few outings to a DH track, and put the bike on ebay. Such a bike hasn't done much work, and won't have been ridden hard enough to have damaged anything.
Sellers to stay away from:
Teenagers with not much mechanical skill and parental support. These guys will ride a bike pretty hard and not maintain it, because they don't have the skill or money to replace things as they wear, and mummy and daddy won't cough up for the level of professional servicing needed to keep it in good condition.
The sharp end of the field. Top DH riders can be very hard on frames, and they routinely crack them. Not all top riders are that brutal, but plenty of them are.
roadkill250
Squid
Norco a-line
If you are looking for a second hand DH, I am trying to sell my Norco a-line park edition.
If interested, send me a message!
If you are looking for a second hand DH, I am trying to sell my Norco a-line park edition.
If interested, send me a message!
dunndog
Eats Squid
This is great advice. I bought a Trek Remedy off ebay (not dh I know), got it for a steal. The ad said 'brand new never ridden' as a few do and you just think bullshit.. anyway, called him up, turns out he's a bloke with 2 kids, the second a newborn, he's a triathlete, bought a brand new Trek Madone (?), got lightly sideswiped on his first training ride on it, no damage but scared him so he ended up trading it back for the Remedy as he thought going bush would be safer, but it's just not what he does so after riding it up his 400m driveway (farm) it sat in his shed for 12 months untouched. This thing was brand new and about 30% of the retail value, and included a receipt from Trek transferring the new bike warranty over to me. He must know someone at Trek, but anyway bottom line is as T Rex said, take note of who you're buying off, are they a scammer, and are they going to allow a trade back if you find something within reason that they should have told you about, if that situation arises.. that said you are buying second hand so you must be thorough in your inspections, dh bikes especially do cop abuse..