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I’m interested in a frame upgrade so was thinking of the new [url= https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/mtb/spectral/spectral-cf-9-0.html ]CF Spectral[/url]. If I bought this and broke to sell the components how much do you think I could get? If it’s more than 1k it would be cheaper than buying a frame from Canyon.
Yeah but isn't the frame only the full carbon jobbie and that is just carbon front triangle?
Yeah the frameset is the full carbon front and rear, the linked bike is ally rear end. Plus you get a RS reverb worth a few hundred quid and a Factory shock.
You'd easily get £1k selling off bits you don't want - couple of hundred for the groupset and brakes, £300 for wheels, £500+ for the fork...
The CF8.0 is exactly the same frame as the one you linked, and it's £2700 for the full bike vs £2300 for the full carbon frameset. The full frameset is only 200g lighter too...
The CF8.0 is stonking good value, the other eagle equipped bikes at the same price all have alloy frames.
I know it sounds pathetic but I don’t like the colour available in the CF8.0.
Good point bout the frame set being full carbon! I could flog the dropper and shock as I have those already, so that would get me back a few hundred quid if I bought the frame set.......
Maybe I should ride the current one more whilst I ponder.......
As a word of caution be conservative with your pricing.
The parts might be “new” but chances are they’re not to a buyer. Factor in the cost of postage and selling fees if you use PayPal.
That’s not to say it’s not worth doing but do take care.
It'd probably work out, just. As mentioned, the parts might be unridden, but the new owner would have lost all warranty rights, which makes a a large difference in value to a lot of people.
I sorta looked at this a while (2yrs) ago when Canyon's pricing was even keener and the £/€ rate more favourable.
At the time if you added up the retail cost of components on the Strive, you were effectively getting the frame for free! As above however this doesn't mean those components would actually sell for this price plus the influence of selling fees etc.
Direct sales bikes remain an excellent and cheap way to get a full bike if you're not fussy about components, but once you start building your own or swapping our lots of stuff it gets expensive.
Quite fancy the new Torque.. especially the top spec with Fox factory and mavic wheels. Would have to change the tyres though (mavic), and the brakes (sram->shimano) and probably the handlebar (canyon)...... Oh
I've done it, not specifically with a spectral, lots of other bikes though. Sometimes 30+ in one go (to get a teams worth of frames).
Rarely made a significant loss (~£50 per bike, if it had really unpopular parts fitted) usually broke even or a small profit.
Just have to be prepared to have a few bits left over. Things like tyres, bars, stem and saddle. Or the budget bottom bracket. Especially when it's an OE version of the part.
Don't get me started on oe bottom brackets! How does it work? They have the same p/n as the one you buy from crc and look the same but often last only a couple of rides!!
Maybe it’s less risk to just buy the frame and flog the dropper and shock.....
I wonder if canyon offer the frame set in different colours?