Definitely a sharp rig! It gets hard to value custom builds because personal preference comes into play - obviously someone with the exact same tastes will pay the most for your build, and vice versa.
IMO, the best way to value what you have is by cost of components, or cost of stock build plus upgrade value.
Those people are very hard to find that are willing to pay a million bucks for your ride. Especially because you have a better time of selling locally then shipping it, just adds more cost to the overall price.
That color green is not desirable to many people, that is why buying a plain color bike is easier to sell. Yesterday, I saw a lime green car for sale, what a way to limit the resale value. People dont want to pay "top dollar" for something and having to repaint it.
Add up the cost of each component, not including the bike frame.
Compare similarly spec'ed bicycles whether new or used.
Go from there.
You maybe waiting awhile to sell the bike, or it may sell right away. Depends on the price point.
A guy I know on the front range is trying to sell same color but in size medium for $750. I'd say there is a fair chance he will get close to that price, but that is front range Colorado. Location plays a big part
So, yeah. You went to all the trouble to build it, why bother selling it. My initial reaction. Keep it. If you want another bike, deal with that on separate terms, don’t sell that one.
Now for the hard stuff. When you say 22” I assume that’s what Soma calls and XXL. Not many folks out there are going to ride that. I happen to have the brownstone (2 generations older than that one) Juice in XXL. While I’ve loved the bike, I haven’t ridden it in almost a year because I’ve had to send it to a builder to have a new set of dropouts put on the frame because the stock ones cracked. It’s a thing. And that frame has the same dropouts. So, I wouldn’t buy it. As far as what it’s worth? The answer is really not as much as you’d think, except that most shops don’t stock bikes that big, and most bikes from most manufacturers are sold out right now, so until 2021 models get released, there aren’t any more. So if someone is looking for a bike and needs that size, it’s probably going to merit a bit of a premium over its actual worth. The used bike market is brutal though. It’s why I don’t usually bother selling used bikes. I’d rather keep an old one around for a backup in case I break something on a new one, or simply need to have something serviced. Worth? It’s a nice steel hard tail. Depending on where you are and who you sell it to $650-$850.
So, yeah. You went to all the trouble to build it, why bother selling it. My initial reaction. Keep it. If you want another bike, deal with that on separate terms, don't sell that one.
Now for the hard stuff. When you say 22" I assume that's what Soma calls and XXL. Not many folks out there are going to ride that. I happen to have the brownstone (2 generations older than that one) Juice in XXL. While I've loved the bike, I haven't ridden it in almost a year because I've had to send it to a builder to have a new set of dropouts put on the frame because the stock ones cracked. It's a thing. And that frame has the same dropouts. So, I wouldn't buy it. As far as what it's worth? The answer is really not as much as you'd think, except that most shops don't stock bikes that big, and most bikes from most manufacturers are sold out right now, so until 2021 models get released, there aren't any more. So if someone is looking for a bike and needs that size, it's probably going to merit a bit of a premium over its actual worth. The used bike market is brutal though. It's why I don't usually bother selling used bikes. I'd rather keep an old one around for a backup in case I break something on a new one, or simply need to have something serviced. Worth? It's a nice steel hard tail. Depending on where you are and who you sell it to $650-$850.
add up the original cost of all the parts.
multiply by 0.5.
ask that amount for the bike and expect to be haggled down a little bit.
if you are not in a hurry to sell it, I'd strip it down and sell it piece by piece.
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