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1. meandyuk - Member

   If you had £1000 credit to spend on a bike, what would you buy so you could sell to recoup some cash?

   Cheers

   Posted 5 months ago #
2. crispedwheel - Member

   How much (what %) are you willing to lose?

   Posted 5 months ago #
3. nealglover - Member

   Scamming the bike 2 work scheme then ?

   Posted 5 months ago #
4. chakaping - Member

   A road bike as it's less likely to need warranty work.

   Posted 5 months ago #
5. Basil - Member

   Boardman Pro,Best parts and the frames go for over £200 on Ebay

   Posted 5 months ago #
6. andrewh - Member

   I'd go for a used one as it will already have done some of it's depreciating. (unless something to with bike to work of course...)

   Posted 5 months ago #
7. meandyuk - Member

   Cheers, willing to lose 20-25%

   Posted 5 months ago #
8. davidtaylforth - Member

   a road bike

   Posted 5 months ago #
9. nealglover - Member

   meandyuk - Member
   If you had £1000 credit to spend on a bike, what would you buy so you could sell to recoup some cash?
   Cheers
   

   If it's a Salary sacrifice/bike 2 work scheme thing, you don't actually own the bike, and selling it wouldn't be advised as it belongs to someone else.

   Posted 5 months ago #
10. meandyuk - Member

    It's a long story which I can't be arsed to go into but I will actually own the bike purchased.

    Cheers for the advice, a road bike it is to tempt someone with a new year resolution to get fit

    Posted 4 months ago #
11. Mackem - Member

    Couldnt you sell the credit for 800 quid?

    Posted 4 months ago #
12. boxelder - Member

    Try selling the £1000 credit to someone for £800, so they can buy what they want?

    Posted 4 months ago #
13. Northwind - Member

    Sounds insurance claimy...

    Boardman look like a good option if you intend to split, lots of nice parts. Or On One, if you can spend your credit there.

    Posted 4 months ago #
14. ChunkyMTB - Member

    This voucher?

    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cycle-to-work-voucher

    Posted 4 months ago #
15. druidh - Member

    I were you, I'd buy a Cube LTD SL 29er in a 17", split it, sell the frame and forks to me and the sell rest on STW classifieds.

    Posted 4 months ago #
16. ChunkyMTB - Member

    do you want a leg-up to get on to the 29er?

    Posted 4 months ago #
17. oliverd1981 - Member

    an odd sized 2010 or 2011 hardtail on knockdown and part it out.

    Posted 4 months ago #
18. meandyuk - Member

    Can't be arsed with splitting it up as I only have limited time, 3 weeks.

    Will be selling the bike whole once I decide which one to get.

    Cheers

    Posted 4 months ago #
19. mikewsmith - Member

    try asking who wants a £1000 bike on hear for £800 then get them to pick for you - what shop so what range?

    Posted 4 months ago #
20. b r - Member

    You'll be lucky to see £600...

    Posted 4 months ago #
21. avdave2 - Member

    Whatever it is get it in a medium.

    Posted 4 months ago #
22. meandyuk - Member

    Anything from leisure lakes so quite a range, also the boardmans

    Posted 4 months ago #
23. mikewsmith - Member

    meandyuk - Member
    Anything from leisure lakes so quite a range, also the boardmans

    Pop in the classifieds Any bike worth £1000 from leisure lakes yours for £800

    Posted 4 months ago #
24. tomaso - Member

    I'd get a massively discounted 2011 bike and flog it on ebay with a healthy reserve. There is plenty of reduced stuff knocking about. Much easier to sell on a £1500 bike for £800 than a £1000 one.

    Posted 4 months ago #
25. mboy - Member

    Boardman Road Bike, they fetch nearly new prices on eBay!

    The carbon jobbie that was £1k a year or do ago, I've seen one fetch £920 on eBay after 12 months use! OK this one didn't look like it had been ridden much, but that's almost depreciation proof!

    Posted 4 months ago #
26. meandyuk - Member

    I could get the alloy boardman road bike and sell that on ebay - not sure if it is as desirable as the old carbon one though...

    Posted 4 months ago #
27. druidh - Member

    Looks like On One are delaying my 29er frame yet again. I'm looking at the Cube LTD Pro 29er, but I don't really want the brakes/groupset/wheels, so I'd need to sell them on. For the right money, I'd buy a "new" Cube off you They're £949 new at Leisure Lakes.

    Posted 4 months ago #
28. justatheory - Member

    Currently got my eye on a frame from Leisure Lakes, so I'd buy a £1000 voucher for £750 if I could pay through Paypal. Can the voucher be supplemented with cash to buy a more expensive bike/frame?

    Posted 4 months ago #
29. hora - Member

    Looks like On One are delaying my 29er frame yet again

    Shop elsewhere.

    Posted 4 months ago #
30. druidh - Member

    That's the plan. TBH, it's not just the delay, it's the fact that they keep telling me one thing, then changing it and not letting me know until I chase them. As far as customer service goes, they are truly shit.

    Posted 4 months ago #

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