I am looking into purchasing a bike and have been looking around Facebook Marketplace and stumbled upon this bike. I don’t know really much about road bikes. I was wondering if this is a good bike for a beginner? The seller has it listed for $1000 (it was cut down from $1200), is that a good deal or is that too much? I don’t know what year the bike is nor what to ask him about the bike. Any advice helps.
by Mindless_Ad_2691
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The picture you provided does not fully match the listing. The picture has the stock Shimano RS010 wheels, not the Mavic Aksium wheels listed. The Mavic’s should be a small upgrade. Though the rest of the bike matches so I’m not too concerned. Getting a current picture of the drive side would be helpful.
Power meters are useful if you will use them for training. If you don’t plan on training ~4-5x week they are of limited value. They are overselling the monetary value a bit too. The prices have dropped a ton. Used that power meter sell are selling on ebay for 150-200. In a local sale I would expect lower than that.
I think it is a 2018 BMC Teammachine ALR01 Two. Even with the power meter the bike seems overpriced by ~250 USD if not a bit more. The price is closer to what I expect from 11 speed carbon bikes from around the same era. It seems like they are trying to get every last $ out of the changes they made such as the saddle, power meter, pedals, wheels(maybe).