Shot in the dark but hoping someone could help me out a bit. My dad left this in my garage when he came over like 4 years ago, he's a big cyclist and wanted something down here for when he visits. He finally told me he didn't need it anymore and to "get rid of it".So my question is – Is it worth anything if I were to sell it? Truly have no clue when it comes to bicycles.
by GOOSEROCK12
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Tree fiddy
150
It’s always worth to get a bike to a new owner, making other people happy. If that doesn’t convince you, it’s also worth a few hundred bucks. Other people will tell you how much exactly, I’m not an expert at prices but I reckon 400$ would be a good deal.
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Use it and enjoy it
Looks like a 2017 carbon bike with an Ultegra group. Motobecane is not a bike I would choose myself. So if it is in really good shape you might get 400. But since it is such a cool color you might get more.
350
Worth more to you.
Carbon frame, aluminum wheels, rim brakes, cable shifting – $500 if it’s perfect, $350 if it isn’t.
I appreciate that you are new to this but it helps a lot if you take photos of the drive side so we can see the components.
$400. Decent kit, mismatched wheels, no brand credibility at all, but full carbon with internal routing. With black tape, $50 more.
Depending on how beat up the components are/need to be replaced I’d say $300-500
That’s an ugly bike and a brand most people won’t recognize so you may not get many offers.
Some of it will depend on if the top tube got scratched leaning it up against the brick. Can’t really tell though. A miss is as good as a mile.
Motobecane is a house badge of roadbikesdirect.com. (It once was the badge of now-defunct French bicycle and moped manufacturer.)
RoadBikesDirect make and sell a wide variety of bikes. I have heard that their frames are built in a factory that also manufacturer for Specialized. Their claim to fame is to sell bikes that are similar in components, features and quality to the better-known global brands sold in retail bike shops, but for lower prices. This is possible because they only sell online, no retail store rent to cover.
Your father’s Le Champion appears to be a carbon frame road bike with Shimano Ultegra STI cable shifters and brakes (can’t make out the exact groupset model), and appears to be in newish condition. Its groupset (shifters, derailleur, brakes) is an excellent make.
I own two Motobecane road bikes from RoadBikesDirect. One is 15 years old, aluminum frame with carbon forks and Ultegra 6700. It cost me $1100 brand new, “list price” $2950. The other is about four years old, Ultegra Di-2 RD-R8150 electric shifters and hydraulic disc brakes. I paid $2900, “list price” $4895 (pandemic pricing had peaked). I’ve put thousands of miles on both bikes. They are as good as any retail shop bike I previously owned (Centurion, Specialized, Bianchi, Cannondale).
RoadBikesDirect publishes two prices for each of their bikes, a suggested retail price, and their everyday sale price. It’s the latter you’re selling against, as they continue to sell a similar bike to your dad’s.
Current Motobecane bikes for sale-
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/road_bikes.htm#carbon
This is the closest I could find to your bike, and note the price listed is the suggested price, not the price they actually sold for-
https://motobecane.com/rdcarbon/cfltd.html
In the end, it’s worth whatever somebody is willing to pay, lol. In posting an ad I would emphasize the Shimano Ultegra groupset, carbon frame, like-new condition, near zero miles. Try listing it for near RoadBikesDirect’s sale price for their current similar bike, which is maybe-
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/carbon-road-bikes/carbon-road-bikes-immortal-pro-dt-swiss-upgrade.htm
Or maybe-
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/carbon-road-bikes/carbon-road-bikes-immortal-force.htm
$800 to $1000, perhaps? Good luck!