A friend is selling his old marin quad like alpine trail 2006 bike with upgraded gears and Rs Revelation forks on for £350. It’s been well looked after but is ‘old skool’ 26 er and geometry back then for the Tara bikes. Do you think it is a fair price? Is for my lad, who unfortunately had a shot on a whyte t130 at the weekend and thought it was awesome albeit at 1600 quid or so!

Probably ok, but it’s a 9/10 year old bike. Although you my struggle to get a huge amount else for the money. I don’t think some sensible ebay purchases would get you much more. Depends how much it has and will be ridden.

It’s an ok price. Condition will be everything. The bearings are fairly pricey as they are an odd size iirc. If it was mint I’d probably buy it as a starter bike with a view to replacing if it got well used, if it was showing its age then I’d walk away.

And to be honest, by today’s standards, it’s not a great bike…