[Azbikeslondon]

Hi!  New here.  Looking for advice on how to sell my sadly very little used cannondale synapse from 2015.   Some life changes made it tricky to get much use from the bike and now I’m looking to make space for an ecargo bike to transport myself and my 4yr old son around.   Is this a forum for selling bikes?  Or can you offer advice on where I might find a market for it?  I’ll look at gumtree, eBay etc but just wondered if there was a good place for road bikes.  Also any advice on how to best reassure the buyer that it’s not stolen also welcome (show the original documentation, receipt I guess).  Thanks! 

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[Rendel Harris]

OnYerBike wrote:

If you have the original purchase docs, that should be ample to satisfy any potential buyer of the authenticity of the bike. 

If you haven’t got the documentation, I always insist on (and do the same myself when selling) collecting from the seller’s house (amazing how many sellers back out when you say you won’t meet them down the bus station), seeing photo ID with address and paying by bank transfer. It’s a bold thief who’d be prepared to provide all that evidence, if you offer that to the buyer it should satisfy them.

I generally buy and sell about one bike a year, I’ve found Gumtree the easiest way to sell and the most profitable as eBay do take a hefty chunk in fees, though I realise it’s probably a lot easier when one’s London based with such a large market.

[OnYerBike]

I don’t think this forum is

I don’t think this forum is particularly used for buying/selling bikes (although I’m not aware that there is actually a rule against it).

There used to be a couple of reputable forums with active buy/sell areas. I think Pink Bike is probably the best one still going: https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/

Another good option would be to find region specific cycling Facebook buy/sell groups – just spend a bit of time using the Facebook search feature. If you’re in London (as your username suggests) I expect there will be several London-specific cycling buy/sell groups.

If you have the original purchase docs, that should be ample to satisfy any potential buyer of the authenticity of the bike. 

[Kapelmuur]

I sold a couple of bikes on

I sold a couple of bikes on eBay, pre covid, and got more than I expected for them.

One dodgy experience where I realised in time that the ‘buyer’ was a crook.

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