SmokedHam
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Hi Guys, i'm currently stuck in Hospital from a pretty major list of injury's I sustained racing Downhill and as you could imagine i'm bored hense why i'm posting up threads.
Anyway it always annoys me why high end mountain bikes, major brand ones too, like Santa Cruz, Intense the list could go on forever, don't hold there value even if there only a few months old!
Ive sold a bunch of my bikes & some frames over the past few years now and its tough to get a decent price, I understand that on forums everyone is chasing that bargin, even i'm guilty of that, but an example of what I mean,
Current Model Santa Cruz V10
Frame Cost with rear shock, $4,300 this is after I screw a deal on it from my LBS
Cranks, chain guide, front drive ring, chain, rear cassette, $1000
Boxxer Teams 2010 models, purchased when they were on special for $1200
Wheel set $800
Seat $140
Tyres & tubes $120
Derailuer, shifter $200
Heaset $ 100
Brakes $460
Stem & Bars $200
Pedals, cables etc $150
Total = $8670
Now this is just a rough estimate & not even at retail prices which would most likely bring that to over $10k easy.
Now here I am trying to sell exactly this item on here for $5,500.00 and the bike and all of its components are under 12 months old, in fact the frame and a lot of componets were all brand new only 3 months ago and the bike has only been taken out for rides maybe 8 times.
So why I ask you why don't Mountain Bikes hold their value?
You could go out & pay $7000 for a bike today and sell it next week & you would be lucky to get $5000 for it, it does suck!
Anyway it always annoys me why high end mountain bikes, major brand ones too, like Santa Cruz, Intense the list could go on forever, don't hold there value even if there only a few months old!
Ive sold a bunch of my bikes & some frames over the past few years now and its tough to get a decent price, I understand that on forums everyone is chasing that bargin, even i'm guilty of that, but an example of what I mean,
Current Model Santa Cruz V10
Frame Cost with rear shock, $4,300 this is after I screw a deal on it from my LBS
Cranks, chain guide, front drive ring, chain, rear cassette, $1000
Boxxer Teams 2010 models, purchased when they were on special for $1200
Wheel set $800
Seat $140
Tyres & tubes $120
Derailuer, shifter $200
Heaset $ 100
Brakes $460
Stem & Bars $200
Pedals, cables etc $150
Total = $8670
Now this is just a rough estimate & not even at retail prices which would most likely bring that to over $10k easy.
Now here I am trying to sell exactly this item on here for $5,500.00 and the bike and all of its components are under 12 months old, in fact the frame and a lot of componets were all brand new only 3 months ago and the bike has only been taken out for rides maybe 8 times.
So why I ask you why don't Mountain Bikes hold their value?
You could go out & pay $7000 for a bike today and sell it next week & you would be lucky to get $5000 for it, it does suck!