Originally Posted by
kirby999
My Specialized dealer has a trade in calculator on their website . Best I could hope for according to that would be about half what I paid for the bikes with them only six months old .
If you don’t need the money right away, you’ll get much more money for your bike if you sell it privately. Case in point, I sold my 2019 Marin San Rafael DS2 (purchased new in June 2019 for $530 plus tax; Retails for $630) on Facebook marketplace a few weeks ago and got $500 for it. It was in excellent condition though it did have over 600 miles on it. The bicycle blue book trade in value maxed out at $200. To be fair, my Marin was listed on Facebook marketplace, and craigslist, beginning in October 2019, so it was a good three months plus before I sold it. Prior to the sale, I had only received a couple of offers, and none more than $400. I refused to purchase a new bike (Trek Verve 3) until I sold my current one. If you have the time, private sale is definitely the way to go.