Litespeed Vortex: how much is this bike worth?
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Litespeed Vortex: how much is this bike worth?
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Im selling this bike for my old man and I cant figure out how much it's worth for the life of me. Im hoping you all would help me get a better idea of what a fair asking price would be so I can find it a new home. Seems to be a damn fine machine from what I understand so far.
Attached is a quick write up of the bikes specifications. Hopefully the picture is legible in the post. I will follow up with these details if not.
Im selling this bike for my old man and I cant figure out how much it's worth for the life of me. Im hoping you all would help me get a better idea of what a fair asking price would be so I can find it a new home. Seems to be a damn fine machine from what I understand so far.
Attached is a quick write up of the bikes specifications. Hopefully the picture is legible in the post. I will follow up with these details if not.
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Ive looked over everything I can at this point. This is a last resort. I see these bikes going anywhere from $600- 2 grand. Any idea of a fair price that you guys who know this stuff would pay is greatly appreciated.
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Hey seajayseuff, first of all why don't you sign up for a paid membership to avoid any suspicions you might be trying to illegally find a buyer on this forum? Not accusing you of anything, just saying, because new members looking for an appraisal raises a yellow flag. Just $12 for a year, a buck a month.
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Hey seajayseuff, first of all why don't you sign up for a paid membership to avoid any suspicions you might be trying to illegally find a buyer on this forum? Not accusing you of anything, just saying, because new members looking for an appraisal raises a yellow flag. Just $12 for a year, a buck a month.
Anyways, I had been attempting to set up accounts with afew other forums (road bike review and bike radar specifically), and this was the only forum that would allow me an activated account that I can post with (potentially the only forum that is operational as far as I can tell, lol). Ive emailed admins on the aforementioned forums to figure out how to access posting privileges on one, and why my account had failed to be activated by an admin on the other. This was last week and still no responses . Idk who's running things over there, but a forum that doesnt let people sign up and post is frustratingly redundant...
Sorry for the tangent. Im at the end of my rope on here boys. Will likely ask for something on the high end and take offers. If it is allowed, any insight to what a fair number is would still be very appreciated!
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I was actually was wondering about that. When I was looking stuff up on the bike, I read about someone trying to configure the older 9 speed with 7800 parts and thought maybe that were the case. Now that it's come up again, probably not the case and just a mistake. I have almost no idea what im taking about here btw lmao
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I was actually was wondering about that. When I was looking stuff up on the bike, I read about someone trying to configure the older 9 speed with 7800 parts and thought maybe that were the case. Now that it's come up again, probably not the case and just a mistake. I have almost no idea what im taking about here btw lmao
It's a nice bike, but selling prices are all over the place for older Titanium bikes. It's hard to find new hoods for the 9speed shifters, so many people might be turned off by those.
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S thing is worth what someone will pay for it. Sorry, I know that sounds like a platitude. Like noodle says, prices are all over the board. And different bikes fetch different prices in different markets. Have you looked at your Craigslist?
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This is a great frame (what year? - looks like a 2003 maybe), and the kit, while getting up there in years, is high quality. I think if you sold this to someone for $1500, they'd be getting a great deal. A few hundred more wouldn't be unreasonable, but I wouldn't sell for less than $1500.
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It also really depends on your market and the time of year you sell. I'd say in a large market in the spring, yeah, you could maybe get 1500. I'd say 1000-1200 is more likely.
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Great 🚲
$600/800 range more to older fellow with found memories of the bike.
new frame run $1300/2,000
new frame run $1300/2,000
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Thanks for the input guys. Certainly didnt anticipate the large degree of subjectivity. I figure that my best move would be to be alittle patient and see what kinds of offers come my way. Play the field and feel things out from there.
I did a nationwide craigslist search and found one other vortex that was listed for $800. With that said, I also saw afew vortex frames from the same year that sold on ebay at auction for that much. lmao. Not very much objective data out there.
Thanks again everyone!
Thanks again everyone!
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I'd say $700 or so and it will be to an old guy who remembers that they were special "back when." Nice bike but limited market.