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Old     (polarbill)      Join Date: Jun 2003       05-09-2011, 9:10 PM Reply   
I recently bought a pretty nice full suspension MTB and may have landed on a nice little deal. The guy I bought it from is/was a sponsered road racer in the seattle area. Anyway, he is moving to Cali and is selling some of his old bikes so I ended up buying one already and am in the process of buying another. Total I am buying 3 bikes from him. The sole purpose of buying the 2 road bikes is because I think I can flip them and make some money. So I am asking what those in the know think these bikes are worth.

The first that I already have in my posession is a 2010 Raleigh Record Ace 59cm I think. Pretty much every component on it is Ultegra including the brakes. The bike also has a Nuevation wheelset. The bike has been used for one year is in excellent shape other then the front of the shift levers have some scuffing from where he hit the bike on his garage door. He forgot to take it off the roof rack. It is just cosmetic and I can probably clean up so there will be minimul scratches. The bike retailed for 1800 last year in it's stock form. He added the ultegra brakes and nuevation wheel set. I was thinking it is worth about 1200 or so. What do you guys think? Is that a good starting point when listing?

The second bike is a little more interesting and I have some more questions about. IT is a 2010 Raleigh Team Carbon Race bike. So as of right now the frame set is at the bike shop seeing if it can be warrantied. He is/was sponsered by the LBS it is at currently. We negotiated a price that included the following components:

Fork-Raleigh Carbon that came with it including FSA integrated head set
Levers-never used SRAM red
FD-new SRAM force(from what I can gather this is a better option even then the red for racers)
RD-new SRAM Force
Cranks-SRAM S900 GXP Carbon
BB-SRAM GXP(non ceramic bearing version),
Cassette-Ultegra
Chain-Ultegra or KHS
Brake Calipers-used ultegra rear, Tetro(all he had)
handlebars-Zipp Carbon
Stem-not sure, probably something alloy/cheaper
seat post-Thompson Elite
Saddle-no saddle
Wheelset-Mavic Axiom with gatorskins
Pedals-used Ultegra

Obviously there are some components don't really fit the level of this bike. The front brake, stem(probably) and wheel set leave something to be desired although maybe the Axioms are ok training wheels. The crank set and BB also are probably not to the level of the bike. The frame is designed for a BB30 but the crank set and BB are standard English so there is an adapter he ordered to allow the GXP crank set and BB to work.

Would it be better to sell the brand new warranty replacement frame set without building up with the components listed or should I pay the 150 and have it built up and sell as a complete bike. I did a quick price out of the bike and all components if buying new and all that adds up to between 3500-4000 for a total build cost. The stock Team that is almost exclusively SRAM RED is priced around $5000-$5500.

What is a guestimate of what the bike would be worth built up?

What should it be worth if I sold the frame set by itself?

What are all the components worth if I wanted to sell?

Is the bike worth around $2500? That would be $1000-$1500 discount off new with the frame, FD, RD, Levers and possibly the Crankset being new. From what I have read the 2010 and current Raleigh Team is an extremely nice bike that is right there with the Specialized Tarmac s-works. One of the best racing teams in the Seattle area has a lot of people who ride this bike. I also read it is a lot better frame then the 2009 and earlier model.

SeanM, if you are out there what are your thoughts? Are you still into road racing?

 
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