I know you hate these but…. a M8 is selling his Santa Cruz Superlight to another lad we cycle with, so needs a rough guide for a decent price without giving it away or overcharging him… bike has had light XC use only
(the owner is going back to his hardtail, as this is too bouncy!)

08 Superlight with RP23
Reba Race forks
Hope XC wheelset
XT chainset
Hope Mono-mini brakes
Hope finishing bits.

I’m thinking somewhere around 13-1400?
(especially as a new Superlight frame is £1100)

£900 – £1k

Assuming all in excellent condition, no work needs doing etc and decent finishing kit, so thomson, easton, king headste etc. I would expect between 1000 and 1200. I guess a lot depends on what both buyer and seller think is a fair price.

hope/thompson finishing kit, well maintained and not overly used…

seller hasn’t a clue about the value, buyer is the same.. I’m expected to make everyone happy… £900 uplink are you trolling?

how old is the bike?

do a search in ebay. on the left about halfway down the page, there is an option to amend the results brought back by your search to Completed Items Only.

this is a very good way to value anything, deduct 10% on bike bits and its a fairish price

minty identicalish one (fox forks I think and maybe slightly less use) went 1350 on ebay

Ebay has gone slow for this kinda thing, I think a lot off ppl are using it to gain interest then selling them ‘off’ ebay.

Look like I’m think on the right lines though, cheers

z1ppy, was all the kit new at the same time? ie. was the bike bought as a whole, or already used kit put on it?

If it’s all in the same nick (ie. was all bought new together), and it’s in good condition, looking at its age and relative desirability (being a popular bike), I’d say between 50 and 60% of it’s brand spanking new ticket price (though perhaps discount the RRP on most things, more the price you can buy them for on the net).

I’m guessing the bike was about £2500 new, so your first guesstimate of about 1300-1400 wouldn’t be far off I’d say.

Of course if parts are knackered and going to need replacing soon, then lower the cost accordingly.

z1ppy, as mboy says, generally halve what was paid for it and you’re in the right ballpark.

bit were bought seperately but all fitted at the same time, only part that ‘could’ be worn is the chainset (gunna pop a chain checker on it for a general guide).

glad I got confimation, s’not my bike (and though I have the chance of buying it, if I wanted) I don’t want to feel I’ve ripped off either party.

Does anyone pay big money for used bikes though? It has to be pretty special / rare in order to keep much value. Same for expensive cars. The original owner gets to pay an enormous amount of money in order to get the latest / greatest, and then gets bumr*ped when trying to sell it.