I don't know literally anything about bikes but heard Trek is good. Does anyone know what models these bikes are? And is $150 a good price for one of them?
by JamesLx4
I don't know literally anything about bikes but heard Trek is good. Does anyone know what models these bikes are? And is $150 a good price for one of them?
by JamesLx4
2 Comments
I can’t see much that would identify these bikes beyond that they are aluminum frame, rim brake Treks. Lower end, but still decent when new. If they are in very good running condition, $150 is fine. Not a good price, not a bad price. If there is anything on the bike that is less than good, $150 is high. I’m suspicious of the weird twisted cabling at the front – suggests a wired bike computer was added to the bike at some point in a very DIY fashion. It was not installed in the way a bike shop or any reasonably competent home-mechanic would install. So, I’d be leery of the entire bike. I can’t tell the age, probably early 2000s on the rigid fork bike, mid-2000s based on the suspension fork bike — based on the forks, brakes, and wired bike computers. I would probably favor the rigid fork bike over the one with suspension. Suspension on older bikes is just an invitation to maintenance issues. Long way of saying, these are not bad bikes at $150, but you can find lots of similar options for that price on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace.
If they’re clean, working order, and rust free, that is a reasonable price maybe a little on the high side. But kid sizes which those look like I’ve been able to find bikes with disc brakes for under $200. That bike is probably 15+ years old or built with parts that were first available 20-30 years ago. V brakes, eight speed, index shifting, threadless stem, aluminum frame all stuff that was introduced in the 90s. The oversize pulleys are a relatively new thing on the rear derailer so it it may be newer. Or they replaced a broken part with the modern equivalent.