Originally Posted by
PeteHski
True. I just find it difficult being a mechanical engineer and seeing how some guys deal with bike maintenance. Definitely some bargains on the used market though - or at least there used to be pre-Covid!
I was just looking at the used value of my 2019 Defy and there's a very realistic chance I could sell it for at least what I bought it for new (when end of season sales were a thing).
See, now, as a Biologist I'm more concerned about whatever biological material might be growing in the bar tape.
I've gotten a couple real bargains this year - at least, I feel like they were bargains. To me, though, the key isn't the maintenance, since I tear them down and rebuild them anyway. It's whether they were stored inside. When I got one of my bikes, I was looking at the very same model, from the very same year, from a different seller. The one I bought had spend most of its 33 year life garaged, and the candyapple red paint was in great shape. Maybe a little fade on the top of the top tube. The other one? Light pink. Sunbleached from years 'stored' outside.