What Would Be A Fair Price To Ask For My Road Bike?

I have a 2003 Airborne Zeppelin (56cm) with full Shimano Dura-Ace components (triple up front), Mavic Ksyrium Elite Wheelset, Look carbon fork, FSA headset and SPD pedals (can't remember the model but they're Shimano). It's a Ti frame and the whole thing weighs right around 18 lbs. It's an awesome bike and I have unfortunately put less than 300 miles on it since I've owned it (I'm the original owner). My dreams of putting miles down on the road just never came to be as I am a mountain biker at heart and all my buddies ride on the dirt. So I'm going to sell it to help pay for a new Mountain Bike.
Except for a few scratches on the pedals this thing is mint. What would be a decent price to ask for it?

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bikework said:

When we buy used “custom” bikes or provide a fair market appraisal, heres how we do it…
1) Determine the original cost of the parts. Multiply by 0.55;
2) Subtract 5% for each year of age.
3) Make sliding determination of condition. Mint means the bike is unridden with all papers and tags. There is no deduction in mint. Average means shows minimal signs of wear and minor cosmetic defects. We use a 15% deduction for average condition.
So, $2800 x .55= $1540. $1540 – 20%= $1232.00. $1232 – 15%= $1048.00. A good asking price would be about $1100, and negotiable to about $1000.
Road bikes are very sensitive to condition and as such the defects you might call minor might look to another buyer as unacceptable.

# 12 February 2010 at 5:52 am

Carl_the said:

A four year old bike, maybe $1,500.

# 12 February 2010 at 7:34 am

Reeohas said:

I’d say around $1,800-2000.
You’ve got top of the line components on a TI frame so you can be a bit picky with low ballers.
It is 4 years old though.

# 12 February 2010 at 12:44 pm

playemnc said:

You will not get more then $2000 for it. I think you can easily snag $1600. I got an amazing deal on a 2006 last fall so remember there are amazing deal on last years models all the time yours is 4 years old.
Craiglist.org…..take a pic….post and sell.

# 12 February 2010 at 2:43 pm

Halcyon said:

Let’s hope this is not a stolen bike, people that ride and can pay $2,800.00 for a road bike are most likely to have the need for cross training on the road like most MTB racers do, so I have my doubts here. but, I agree, $1,200 – $1,800 tops. It is a nice bike but it is four years old.

# 12 February 2010 at 5:42 pm

Andrew P said:

road bikes, yea…they gather my dust

# 12 February 2010 at 8:52 pm

hardcore said:

how ever much it costs subtract at least 50 bucks form it.

# 13 February 2010 at 1:31 am