Mountain Biking - Good deal on a BearValley SE '97 ???

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UKRusty
05-22-02, 10:51 AM
Hello all,

I am looking to purchase a Marin BearValley SE ( I think it is a 97 model) that a friend of mine wants to sell. It has LX rear and AVID V's. That is all I know at the moment as I don't have a full spec. The bike is mint but 5 years old (obviously !!)

Anyway, the asking price is £200.

Do you think that's the going rate ??


Thanks very much people !!

Rusty

Richard D
05-22-02, 01:08 PM
I'm not familiar with the bike in question. Personally I'd consider a steel framed MTB that old but would be wary of aluminium (although at that price if the frame did fail, you could put the bits on a new frame). One think to check if you want to replace the forks with modern suspension forks you might have problems with frame geometry. £200 certainly doesn't sound bad if it's in good nick, but not knowing the bike I couldn't tell you whether it's a steal.

Richard
UKRusty
05-23-02, 02:04 AM
Cheers Richard,

I think I'll go for it -- not the best of bikes but as long as it moves thats the main thing.

Will check out the frame (for forks) though - probably rattle off an e-mail to Marin.

Thanks again,

Rusty