Selling a bike

[TerryField]

Is there an area on this forum for buying and selling? I have a circa 1996 Marin East Peak mountain bike in great condition for sale. Yes, it is old, but still very useable, but it only attracted £70 on e bay.

I was hoping to get about £120,but am I being optimistic, and where Should I try and sell it?

Thanks
Terry

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,
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[Bonefishblues]

Post on Retrobike. They will advise.

[The utility cyclist]

Post on Retrobike. They will advise.

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To be honest unless the bike has certain parts and/or is in superb nick it's just another mountain bike.
The Marin name doesn't hold as much weight as it once did and also most people are wanting the '29er' tyre size on an mtb. If it's fitted with STX-RC then that will hold down the price for bog std buyers.
It's probably worth around the money you're asking but it isn't on trend and it's still looked at as a 20 year old mountain bike.
Retrobike/MTB specific forums are your best bet.
Oh and make sure to describe in detail with loads of clear close up photos.

[TerryField]

Mr Smith, Sorry but I don't think I can send you a picture without your e mail, unless I have missed something.

Terry

[Graham]

Terry,

Use the Private Message system on this board to exchange email addresses. ( Right hand side, near the Username,. Click on "Contact". )

PS. No harm in putting in the Small Ads here. It's free to use. . . . More detail about the Marin would be useful though - specifically the FRAME Size, etc. . .

[PH]

Is this the full suspension model?* If so you're looking for a very particular buyer, it won't make a good commuter/tourer and MTB suspension has come a long way in twenty years. It may well be worth what you're looking for, but it might also take a long time to find that buyer. If you're in no hurry and can do so for free, I'd keep relisting on Ebay till you find them.
+1 for Retrobike - though the folk on there will be aware what stuff fetches on Ebay.

* If it isn't FS ignore this post!

[hamster]

£70 sounds about right. Breaking it for bits and selling separately always gets more £££s.

[Cyril Haearn]

Maybe the National Cycle Museum in Llandrindod Wells would be interested

[meejozzz]

Hi I’m a regular Retrobiker person and owner of a very similar bike to your East Peak. Thankfully the Marin FRS single pivot design has stood the test of time and performs surprisingly well to quite a few full-suss bikes of today. It’s single pivot so there’s little to go wrong and is still a good looking cross-country machine. Depending on condition and if it’s still original components or even some decent modern stuff I think you’d find a buyer for it quite easily. I’d reckon £150 is easily achievable. I’d do Gumtree though as you won’t get whacked by PayPal/eBay fees and you probably won’t need to post it.