Best place to sell a bike

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Hi all,

Where is the best place to sell a high end, brand new road bike? I've got a 2010 TCR Advanced SL1 to sell - so far it's listed in a couple of places - I wanted to see if what other people's opinions were.

Cheers,
Joel

[scribe]

eBay?
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[Leap Media]

Originally Posted by scribe

eBay?
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I've not had good experiences with eBay and higher end brand new products like this. Thanks for the suggestion.

[David Suro]

Put a 'For Sale' sign on it and ride with the big groups that meet in rich neighborhoods. Sounds goofy, but it works.

[redstar]

Try roadbikereview.com

[egtalbot]

Ebay is easy enough to evaluate for a bike like that that is reasonably common. Look at the completed items and see what they've been actually going for. Getting more than that anywhere else will require someone who either doesn't like ebay or for an inexplicable reason is just willing to pay more. Obviously if you can sell it someone local, that has advantages over any web site, for both parties.

That said, with ebay, you'll pay ebay fees. In addition to ride bike review suggested by someone, try Weight Weenies:

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/

go to the forum and there's a for sale thread. It has quite a few new listings per day. I've bought a couple things from there.

[avanti]

1 Bike club
2 Craigs list
3 Ebay

[Leap Media]

Thanks everyone. I'm trying a few classifieds to start with - there's already been some interest so hopefully a buyer comes from there.

[karlboss]

for australia...gumtree, ebay, transitions, bike exchange, trading post.

Gumtree, trading post, generally lower end bikes, but you can get lucky and they are free or close to so noting lost but a little time.

transitions, I've never used them, but a friend tells me good things.

ebay, don't know what your bad experience is, I find its more a matter of luck and timing, ie if you try to sell an awesome tri bike just after a season, you'll get nothing, but hold onto until everyone wants to start training for busselton...I've noted this especially with aero gear.

bike exchange isn't bad I don't know how much traffic they pull, but you'll be listed alongside loads of cheaper shops, so second hand bang for buck your bike should look pretty good