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Hi All,

I'm into my 29er's, 700cc bikes and last Christmas I sold a Kona Hei Hei full sus 29er blinged up to fund a CX build. The chap that bought the bike has not used the bike and I mean, NOT USED the bike since buying it from me so!
What I sold it for and what I can buy it back for now it would be a bargain for this quality high end bike and I don't have a full susser so do I do it? He has even asked me to try and sell it for him if I don't want it?
I'm very tempted though! ๐Ÿ˜•
Here it is!
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Posted : 21/10/2013 9:48 pm
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I would love the chap off of here to sell me back my bike, I miss it so much and wouldn't care how much it had been ridden as long as it was still in good condition.

That looks lovely, get it back.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 9:52 pm
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yes, deffo

my ventana 29r would be mine right now if my last op had worked.
a Nicolai I sold bigpete after only 1 ride.
a heckler I sold after a very bad crash cos I had the wrong forks on it.
and 2 singular swifts......**** knows why I let em go.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 9:52 pm
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I'd quite like my PRST-4 back.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 9:56 pm
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Yes. Would buy back my Chameleon if I could, and would be even more keen to buy back my Hutch Judge and my GHP.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:00 pm
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I would love my Marin Hawk Hill back, I had the best times on that bike. Keep looking on eBay for one but they never come up.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:02 pm
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I might be interested in buying it what size is it?


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:05 pm
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Similar problem, sold nicely built Scandal to a mate about 4 years ago who never uses it and has even hinted I might like to buy it back but I don't know how much to offer. I'm not that desperate to have it back but it would be a handy hack but I don' t want to pay a fortune so what does STW think? Half what he paid me? Less? More?


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:09 pm
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Larry,

It's a 18" medium 2009 frame!

Email me if you want to discuss!


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:13 pm
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Would have my Kona Muni-Mula (green, small frame) back in a trice.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:13 pm
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Bugger I need a large. How did you get on with it, are they light?


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:25 pm
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FOG,
It's hard to estimate a value on a bike but you sold your Scandal 4 years ago!If I was thinking of buying it back then I would think 20% reduction per year for something in the state if was when you sold it but that is my opinion! ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:29 pm
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I bought my 2008 456 frame back from the guy I sold it to for the same price.Will now ride it till it breaks.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:30 pm
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Would of loved to buy back my first Pace RC200 about a day after I sold it!
Didn't really want to sell it in the first place, and regretted it for years! Never ever saw it again.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:33 pm
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Yes - I sold my old VP-Free to a guy in Cambridge. Would have that back in a shot...

Rachel


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:36 pm
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I really want my old trailstar back, sold to some guy called Duane in South Wales.

Wonder what happened to it.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:38 pm
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+1 TINAS, I'd love to buy my old trailstar back.

As for the OP's question, apply and appropriate amount of depreciation for the 12 months "wear and tear" and take back your baby, essentially you've just used one bike as collateral on a loan for another, but paying less to get it back, makes your mate into about the best pawn shop in the world...


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 10:50 pm
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Like FOG I stupidly sold a Scandal (actually it was the Proto Scandal)
First built up as a SS then my best ever commute bike "The Car Chaser"
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Posted : 21/10/2013 11:03 pm
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Yes. Like many on this thread, I shouldn't have sold it....

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Posted : 21/10/2013 11:24 pm
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never sell bikes, hide them behind the shed.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 11:40 pm
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I want my 456 with 140mm Revs on back why oh why did I sell it ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

I really hanker after a HT again but do I join the 650b revolution?


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 11:44 pm
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Yeah I'd have my Langster back. Really miss it, geared bikes just aren't the same I'm afraid.


 
Posted : 21/10/2013 11:48 pm
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I bought my Ducati ST4 back three years after I sold it. I was gutted when it went but at the time I needed the money. Then I got a job and started nagging the guy to sell it back to me, two and a half years later he agreed to ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 12:03 am
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I sold my Cube Fritzz last year to put towards my house deposit..id buy it back tomorrow if i could. Great bike but i had other priorities at the time.


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 2:32 am
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I'd buy back my Orange Evo 2 in a heartbeat!


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 7:09 am
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Yep, nickel plated P7
I'd buy another in the blink of an eye


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 8:39 am
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I'd buy them all back. If I had the money and space I would never have sold them in the first place. One day Rodney...


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 9:21 am
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Yes, I'd buy a Purple Jones i sold, which got sold on (and on).
Seemed the right thing to do at the time... Hey ho!


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 9:30 am
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Yes and no. I built a Pace RC303, Thomson, Air Revs and X9 kit. Totally over spent then sold it barely used as I was skint. Massive loss. I looked lovely. I'd love it back but from what I hear the RC303 wasn't a particularly strong frame and had a few failures, hence the yes and no answer!


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 11:48 am
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Well, I have now committed myself into buying the Kona hei hei back but don't let the wife know as she will not understand why I need it back!


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 7:10 pm
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The Kingdom Foia V2 I sold last summer. Was such a nice bike. Would buy it back in a heartbeat.


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 7:13 pm
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My Merida race bike. It pains me to this day not having it.


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 7:59 pm
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Life's too short to ride all the bikes I want to ride.

Your old bike won't be as amazing as you remember and you could ride something different and more interesting.


 
Posted : 22/10/2013 8:02 pm