This seems like an older bike and honestly I know nothing about gear sets or anything. I just want a nice reliable road bike in this frame size. Any help understanding if this is a good deal or not would be great! Thank you
by oromis7901
This seems like an older bike and honestly I know nothing about gear sets or anything. I just want a nice reliable road bike in this frame size. Any help understanding if this is a good deal or not would be great! Thank you
by oromis7901
5 Comments
Fair
I wouldn’t pay more than $600 for a bike like that, and only if it is in pristine condition.
Reasons why: This bike is over 13 years old and is equipped with one of the worst-shifting groupsets to come out from Shimano (10-speed 5700 105) which Shimano quickly replaced in 2013 with 11-speed 105 to fix the shifting issues.
If you want a 10-speed bike, look for one equipped with the newer Tiagra 4700 groupset, which uses the longer shift cable pull Shimano introduced with 11-speed to fix the shifting issues short-cable-pull 10-speed 105/Ultegra/Dura-Ace groupsets suffered from.
I got the aluminum one like this for 300$ I know this is carbon frame but it’s still old .
Mine was in pristine condition too .
I feel $750 is fair based on the age and that it’s carbon. But wouldn’t go over that personally.
If you look at the drivetrain, it looks like he dropped the chain a couple times. I would want to see what the inside of the bottom bracket area looks like behind the crank wonder why he didn’t take a picture from that side.