Originally Posted by
jack_steady
Hi,
I'm looking at this Bike Friday NWT...seller is not the original owner and the bike is from around 2005.
Shimano 105 shifters. Tiagra rear derailleur. Tektro brakes. Bike Friday crankset.
The asking price is a bit too much ($995) IMO for how old the bike is..what do you guys think? Otherwise, the bike looks pretty clean.
Thanks
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My take on something like this is that if I have a fairly immediate need (e.g., a planned trip in near future to take the bike on), the bike fits and works etc., look at what you’d pay for a new one, consider what your other options are or are likely to be in the required time frame and go from there. If there is no time pressure I would probably wait but if there is a time pressure and it fills the need, pay up and forget about it. I paid around $900 for one several years ago specifically for a planned tour. I probably over paid and sort of knew it but I had a great trip and plenty of other travel with the bike since so who cares if I paid 2 or 3 hundred too much? There is usually a lot of time that goes into finding those great deals. There are also usually a few listed on ebay at any given time. See what people are asking there.