Relatively new to road bikes and don’t know much about them. Asking price is $300 and seller says “In great condition Fuji road bike. Upgraded with carbon bars shimano 105 brakes.” Is this a good deal?
by Fancy_Enthusiasm_443
Relatively new to road bikes and don’t know much about them. Asking price is $300 and seller says “In great condition Fuji road bike. Upgraded with carbon bars shimano 105 brakes.” Is this a good deal?
by Fancy_Enthusiasm_443
6 Comments
Lots of good buzzwords on paper, lots of dated parts in practice. $300 is probably not wildly off though, maybe $200 if you’re feeling lucky. Double check frame is in good condition before bringing it home.
dont know much about bikes but id say thats worth it for 300$ if all the components included and the frame isnt damaged.. i think the frame alone will fetch 300 alone. looks like tires are bit worn tho and overall needs a clean and havent been on the road for a minute. Pobably need to replace all the consumeables .. judging from the condition of the current pics. best of luck!
$300 seems reasonable with no damage and if everything works, but I’d assume you’re looking at needing at least a tune up, tires, and bar tape to get it in decent shape. Also, the left crank arm appears to be missing the preload adjusting screw, and you may or may not be able to get a replacement.
Fair warning about those shifter levers: I’ve had a set on a bike for 8 years and while mechanically they work fine, ergonomically they’re awful. Compared to modern R7000 105 they’re extremely uncomfortable to ride on. Albeit I have small hands, and perhaps with some angle adjustments I could get them to work better, I still find myself very rarely riding on the actual hoods when using that bike, and instead spend a lot of time on the drops and tops as compared to when I ride my R7000 bike setup with the same reach. Also the side protruding shift cables interfere with an aerodynamic “joystick” hand position if you like to get low on the front end.
That being said if the rest of the bike seems like a good deal don’t let it dissuade you, just be aware that the ergonomics of this set up might be a lot worse than you expect.
Also at some point I think I might try to slap on a set of tiagra ST-4700 shifters since they’re 10spd, it looks like from pictures they have better geometry, no side exiting cables, and probably aren’t too expensive. But I haven’t actually used em yet so I can’t vouch for the ergonomics
Fuji SST. I like mine and have been riding it for over a decade at this point.
If I had one complaint about it is that any tire larger than 25-26mm will not fit. I tried to put a 28 in it and it wasn’t even close.
Yes.