Giant has a buyback program, I'm going to check it out. I was told today at my bike shop the markety is still such that I will get what I paid or more for my 1 yr old Giant E Reign. I'm upgrading and sizing down L to M. Still waiting for the delivery so theres still not much stock in California.
I sold my ordinary Nicolai for £1500 last week a 2014 model not sure about Ebikes.
Or whether you can get your motor fixed at all. Imagine if you had a motorbike out of warranty and the motor breaks. You take it to your dealer and he says “sorry mate you need to buy a new motor” or “sorry mate, you can’t get a motor for that motorbike, you need to buy a new one”. No one would dream of buying that make of Motorbike but bikers are being asked to accept a completely unacceptable and unnecessary position. The only light at the end of this dismal tunnel is companies like performance line bearings who can fix most, but not all motors. Hopefully, as people realise the enormous potential of fixing broken motors, other companies will follow. Because of Brexit, Performance line bearings will no longer repair motors from outside the UK, which according to their video, used to compromise 80% of their business so those with broken motors in the EU are faced with buying a new motor (if they can get one) or throwing their bike away. You folk in the UK are lucky that performance line bearings exist and we are lucky in Switzerland that PLB have teamed up with a Swiss company who offer the same service. The rest of the ebike world with second hand or old bikes are f*****d!
Find that hard to believe to be honest unless it is as new condition have you actually tried to sell it ???
Madison UK currently have Shimano E8000 motors available. My motor is 10 months out warranty, they said they might give me a discount once they've seen my old motor. I am not sure it is worth paying LBS to remove, ship & refit when Madison won't give any indication of possible discount or criteria being applied?
What it's worth and what you get will surprise you. If you get more than 5 grand I would be surprised. Let us know if you succeed. I sold a analogue Nicolai last week 1500 it was a 5 grand bike 2014 and in better Nick than my 2019 Levo expert. Good luck.
yeah I get all that, especially the personalised bit. Ironically the stock bikes are selling better that the modified ones. That makes perfect sense. Still I’m not really trying to sell it for crazy money, I’m trying to gauge what it’s worth and that’s the tricky bit. I’ve started reducing the price weekly to see if I get a sniff. it was funny that when I advertised mine and other person advertised an identical bike for £1500 less. I’ll have to accept that it’s worth less than I expect. or I just keep it as a really posh winter hack. Thanks for the response, much appreciated.@Funkeydunk The thing is that you have done these upgrades to suit you and to fit your idea of the perfect bike, or at least the ideal one for you. But it won't fit anyone else's ideal unless you are really lucky. Sadly a bike is more than the sum of its parts, unless you take the drastic step of selling the parts separately.
I prepared for the sale of my Focus Jam2 by removing the shiny new shock that has been fitted only a few months before and refitted the old one. I sold the TEC pack separately and sold the shock separately too. I sold those two items for a good price each and I sold the bike for the same price that it would have sold if I had included them in the first place. I am confident about that after talking to the bike buyer.
So, by any chance can you convert your bike back to its basic spec? Is that a possibility? When people look at websites, they do comparison shopping and see that particular 2019 Levo is this much, as is that one, but that other one is 40% more! No way!!
In my opinion, extras become freebies. Sadly, they only add value while you are using them. They will make your bike sell faster though, but you seldom if ever get a better price that will reflect the money you spent.
This is depressing and I share your pain. Selling a bike is like selling a child (almost).
Agree some folk want the newest then change this and that on it . My Levo Expert first off peg bike I've had in 20 years last one was a Marin Mount Vision. I always got frame and picked components I wanted. Each to their own . I would hope to keep Levo for at least 7 years in total but all depends on cost of battery and motor when I need them the rest is just wear and tear. But may win lotto if I remember to put it on.
Apparently, yes. Which is not what it said a while ago.
It used to be 2 years, so it's an improvement for the frame, but it covered everything. Unfortunately, the way back machine doesn't have any pages archived.
Just counted 12 bikes since 1987 , still got custom made one from 95 and Dawes tourer so 3 years average per bike not too bad I suppose.
As I said in my post above, about half what you paid Is probably what it is worth. Whether you would get that it another matter. At least In your case your motor is guaranteed for four years, so less risk for new owner. You don’t say whether your motor (which if original has design faults which are quite likely to cause failure) has been replaced with the modified more robust one or not. Also how many charges the bike has had and how many kilometers it’s done. Bear in mind at £4500 you’re not far off the cost of a reasonably decent new bike. The latter, shiny new with full guarantee and latest technology may well be more important than the appeal of a pimped Levo which will only be appreciated by the real bike enthusiast. Finding someone like that who would really appreciate your bike might be hard. The only way to guarantee a sale would be to lower the price to make your bike really attractive- say south of £3000. It’s a sad fact of life but ebikes, like cars are a fast depreciating asset, much more than an analogue bike. Most cars lose half their value in the first three years. Ebikes are basically motorised vehicles, so the same economics apply but even that is optimistic. Most of us would buy a five year old car, would we buy a five year old ebike?
It’s had 5 motors, last two have been the latest version, so the motor is new, 73 charge cycles on the battery and this motor has done 1200km. the last motor was replaced by Berkshire cycles. I totally get the cost of a new less specked bike will be a similar price bracket. But this is just to get a view on its second hand value. I’ll not get to point where I’ll drop it to 3k, well not this year anyway. I’ll just hang on to it and be one of those guys who has 2. ? to summarise, people have said between £5500 and £3000, so £4500 may be a sweet spot. Than’s for the feedback.
