Some advice please

[coopigeonsnr]

Hi , Newbie member in need of advice , apologies if i have posted in wrong thread

A colleague of mine at work is selling two Mongoose Pro mountain bikes see pic, He bought them 7 years ago at a cost of £899 each. I want to buy them but dont know how much to offer and how much they might be worth. If bikes had mileometers on them these would have literally 1 mile on they jusy have never been used and still have the original bobbles on the original tyres.

Any help or advice very much appreciated

thanks

 

[xerxes]

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Sorry, but there's no way that that bicycle cost £899.00 in 2007, more like £150 maybe £200 tops. On a half decent, £400.00 plus mountain bicycle made in 2007 or later I would expect to see hydraulic disk brakes and generally better, lighter components.

We can't really see many of the components in the picture, like the chainset, gear mechanisms etc. but the handlebars, stem and seatpost and big soft saddle suggest an inexpensive bicycle with budget components.

Personally, I wouldn't buy it at all, you could find something much better for reasonable money, but if I were, I wouldn't want to pay more than £30.00.

Sorry to be so negative, it can be a bit of a minefield if you're new to bicycles and there are lots of places like Halfords, Argos, Tesco etc. selling bicycles that are deliberately designed to look like more expensive bicycles to the uninitiated.

There's lots of buying advice on the web: https://www.google.co.uk/#newwindow=1&a ... +a+bicycle. First thing to think about is where the bicycle will be used and what type of bicycle is best suited to that. Many newcomers go for full suspension bikes when they don't really need it, it's only really needed for proper off-road riding, and no suspension is better than cheap, heavy, poor quality suspension.

 

[coopigeonsnr]

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Sorry, but there's no way that that bicycle cost £899.00 in 2007, more like £150 maybe £200 tops. On a half decent, £400.00 plus mountain bicycle made in 2007 or later I would expect to see hydraulic disk brakes and generally better, lighter components.

We can't really see many of the components in the picture, like the chainset, gear mechanisms etc. but the handlebars, stem and seatpost and big soft saddle suggest an inexpensive bicycle with budget components.

Personally, I wouldn't buy it at all, you could find something much better for reasonable money, but if I were, I wouldn't want to pay more than £30.00.

Sorry to be so negative, it can be a bit of a minefield if you're new to bicycles and there are lots of places like Halfords, Argos, Tesco etc. selling bicycles that are deliberately designed to look like more expensive bicycles to the uninitiated.

There's lots of buying advice on the web: https://www.google.co.uk/#newwindow=1&a ... +a+bicycle. First thing to think about is where the bicycle will be used and what type of bicycle is best suited to that. Many newcomers go for full suspension bikes when they don't really need it, it's only really needed for proper off-road riding, and no suspension is better than cheap, heavy, poor quality suspension.

Thanks for the help

I like you said know nothing about bikes however i have seen the receipts , the guy is nuts on bikes and has just spent £1500 on a new bike so im confused now lol

 

[xerxes]

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OK, perhaps someone else could give a second opinion.

 

[coopigeonsnr]

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OK, perhaps someone else could give a second opinion.

perhaps, its just so out of my depth im used to cars but you sound like you really know your stuff.

is this in the right part of the forum for that ?

 

[xerxes]

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is this in the right part of the forum for that ?

Yes, don't worry, someone will be along to tell me I'm talking out of my .... hat at some point.

 

[coopigeonsnr]

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Hi does anyone one else have an opinion on this im really at a loss what to do bikes being alien to me?

thanks

 

[Rampage]

A picture from the other side would help.
Are they women's bikes?
Don't ride it like that as the seatpost is going to hit the shock/linkage.

 

[cycletothesea]

Don't be confused. It's a department store bike: The one below has disc brakes, and even then you wouldn't want to pay more than £50 for it second-hand.
http://forums.mtbr.com/mongoose-schwinn ... 02182.html

The one you're looking it probably weighs a ton, handles like a bus and has a metal spring 'suspension'. A £900 bike would not have a saddle designed for my missus to get to the shops on. Go down to your local tip and you'll probably see several similar bikes. Just because it's relatively unused and still shiny does not make it a good buy. Seven years it probably wouldn't have cost more than £250 and labelled as 'entry level'.

 

[elPedro666]

What xerxes said sounds spot on to me - I think the seller is either very confused or pulling your leg. That's a supermarket bike, not a mountainbike.

If you're after a new bike, I'd suggest starting a new thread describing the kind of riding you'll be doing on it and what you'd like from the bike, that way I'm sure you'll get some good advice