So long story but my son inherited this bike about 15 years ago from my brother and my son never rode it. My brother also barley rode it. It has many after market parts on it I think? Lots of the parts say RaceFace?
It is a Klein Mantra Comp.
I assume I will have to sell it locally as shipping a bike would be expensive? I live in Canada.
I have no clue about any bikes, so a ball park guess would be very much appreciated so I have a starting point?
I can find a few of them on the internet (EBay) but none that look like this, so I don't know if that is a good thing or not?
Bicycle blue book has it at $322 in excellent condition, from what I've seen on ebay it looks like guys are asking between $400-$1000, but closer to the $400 mark.
Cool I think I will try to sell it locally because if $400 is the value, then it will cost 50% of the purchase price to ship. I live 30 minutes from the Rocky Mountains so maybe there is someone who wants a retro bike
I suggest you price it high, because a bike like that is likely to have a very small pool of potential buyers, but the few who want it will probably REALLY want it.
Interesting and thank you. I might have to look into the cost of shipping as EBay would be the best way to show the most people as my local market would be a fraction of potential. Would you say $1,000 CND = $750 US$?
Ya I have not seen bikes driving around here with wheels that look like that! Selling as parts might be the most financially beneficial, but I will let someone else do that and benefit
oh yeah that is a bit out of my distance range. I'd drive 10 hours each way but that is way past that. that is an awesome bike as it is built (the wheels are dangerous as hell but yours are in puff condition)
I'd hold out for a decent price if it was mine for sale. >800 easy (in my eyes I'd pay more than that)
if/when you do sell it, if the buyer is not aware of the history of spinergy rev-x wheels, stick a note to them 'do not ride with these wheels' and have buyer sign off on that. they are OK and all (I raced a year with a set and had no problems)
but when they do fail they fail catastrophically
they were all recalled and ...well, read them thar links. they do not have enough structure to accommodate one single blade cracking or delaminating, so if one does delaminate at the rim, the whole wheel POOF just sends you to the ground fast
however, yours being (a) rare and (b) puff someone is going to want that wheelset for a pub bike or something, or as wall art from the bygone era of experimental mtb design (what I'd do)
Yeah, that's a cool retro bike. It did get some riding considering the baldness of the tires. Maybe put some fire xc pros on it to complete the look. I wouldn't part it out either, but the suggestion is still a reasonable one. I really like the matching orange Mar bomber fork and the orange RF cranks.
That’s actually a really cool retro bike! And appears to be in great shape! I had those rims and loved them, but they only lasted about 6 most before breaking. If you lived by me, I’d easily give you $400.
I was going to say I would pay 400 all day long for that beauty. I am in canada, and shipping would be reasonable for me, even though I am in Newfoundland.
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