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Boardman Team carbon. Why so many sold after about a year of use?

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  • January 24, 2012 at 9:22 pm #14912
    kupepe

    Hello,

    I am seeing a lot of Boardman Team Carbon bikes up for sale after a year of use. Like 90% of them are 2010 models. Is there some specific reason ? People are unhappy with the bikes or the thrill of road biking left them? Is it a thrill when u give over 1200 pounds to buy a bike?

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  • January 24, 2012 at 10:40 pm #662897
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    dave atkinson

    if you sold it after a year
    if you sold it after a year under current rules you’d first have to pay a market value payment of either 18% or 25%, depending on the value of your bike.

    January 24, 2012 at 10:35 pm #662895
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    carlgrz

    I sold my first C2W bike when
    I sold my first C2W bike when the year was up. Overall I paid about £300 for it and sold it on ebay for £400. Rinse and repeat.

    January 24, 2012 at 10:28 pm #662893
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    dave atkinson

    let’s not forget that they
    let’s not forget that they shift an awful lot of those bikes, so even if only a small percentage get sold on that’s going to be quite a few.

    selling your C2W bike after a year isn’t as easy these days as many of the contracts are for 3-4 years to take advantage of the lower market value rates you have to pay for the bike after that amount of time.

    January 24, 2012 at 10:21 pm #662891
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    Gkam84

    I wouldn’t say they sell them
    I wouldn’t say they sell them to gain anything

    They sell them to fund this years bike through their work scheme

    January 24, 2012 at 10:19 pm #662889
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    nick_rearden

    I don’t know how many you’ve
    I don’t know how many you’ve seen and where but bear in mind that it may be the same ten bikes advertised in all the usual specialist places multiple times. Even if it was 100, that would still represent a tiny minority of the total bikes sold. Anyway, whether it’s 10 or 100 I’m guessing a fair number will be people who’ve got the bug and are upgrading and there will of course be people who have fallen by the wayside. Also, I noticed just now @drhysc just commented on twitter, “because they’re fed up of the sneering comments from others?” which is sad but possibly true. If it is, it’s a shame because they’re good value.

    January 24, 2012 at 9:33 pm #662887
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    kupepe

    So they sell to gain from the
    So they sell to gain from the price difference? Or not a well thought choice?

    January 24, 2012 at 9:32 pm #662885
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    Gkam84

    yeah i’d go with the bike to
    yeah i’d go with the bike to work scheme, its seen a rise in second hand bikes for sale, which is a good one, because your getting the bike cheap through the scheme, people are selling them on quite cheap aswell

    January 24, 2012 at 9:29 pm #662883
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    fiftyacorn

    bikes to work schemes?
    bikes to work schemes?

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