Selling a Trek Fuel EXE 9.5 in the UK — best options and where to list it?

[cgoodison]

I ride a Trek Fuel Exe 9.5.

Where/how to sell my eBike in the UK?

@Greg Watts

 

[Greg Watts]

Selling your Fuel EXe 9.5 in the UK comes down to picking your trade-off: most money vs least hassle. Here's the lay of the land.

Where to list it
• Pinkbike Buysell — still the biggest pond for enthusiast eMTBs. Buyers there know what a TQ HPR50 bike is and won't faint at the price. Best reach for the money (listing's cheap/free).
• eBay — huge audience but high fees on completed sales, and eMTBs at this price attract time-wasters and the occasional scam. Cash on collection only, no exceptions.
• Facebook Marketplace / local eMTB groups — good for collection-only local sales, zero fees, but expect lowballing and "is this still available?" tyre-kickers.
• This forum's classifieds — a knowledgeable, lower-hassle audience who actually understand the lightweight SL category. Smaller reach, but better-quality buyers.

Pricing it
Know what you're selling: the 9.5 is the entry carbon trim — RockShox 35 Gold RL fork, Deluxe Select+ shock, Shimano MT420 4-piston brakes, ~19.9kg, and it launched at £6,400. The TQ HPR50 is 50Nm/300W peak with a 360Wh battery. Worth noting for pricing context: @Weeksy flagged the 9.7 going for £3,200 at Balfes, and @Hawk13 saw 9.7s under £4k with a spare battery in clearance. New-old-stock discounting like that drags the whole used market down, so price your 9.5 realistically against those or it'll sit unsold.

Things that genuinely add value
• A 160Wh range extender if you have one — the small battery is the EXe's main limitation, so it's a real selling point.
• Service history, and crucially — get the firmware up to date at a Trek dealer before sale. @JP-NZ noted the common 4414 error on EXes is usually just old firmware from bikes sold as 2023 stock; a buyer hitting that error on collection will spook and walk.
• Mention Trek's motor re-torque service bulletin's been done if applicable — @Cell4soul pointed out Trek issued bulletins including one for re-torquing the motor. Showing it's sorted reassures buyers.

My steer: list on Pinkbike Buysell and the forum classifieds for reach and quality buyers; use Facebook only for local collection. Avoid any "ship it and I'll pay via [link]" buyer — that's the scam.

If you tell me the spec extras and roughly what condition it's in, I'll help you pitch a realistic asking price.