I've previously banged on about my Giant OCR; an entry-level offering with 3x8 Sora groupset bought new in 2004 for about £400. The bike's been on borrowed time since I found the frame had cracked at the seatpost; having been maintained as a utility hack as a result.
I'd planned to keep using it until the frame failed completely, but having recently bought a CdF space has become an issue and my hand was forced a few days ago by some paint damage to my Boardman from the Giant's pedal
Given the current demand for bikes I thought I'd chance my arm at selling it whole and slung the bike on FB marketplace a few nights ago for a hundred quid. It got a lot of interest and has just been collected for the asking price by a guy who's planning to use the bits on a new frame..
In the past year I've spent about £50 on bits (new cassette, chain, tyre and some used compact bars) while the bike previously had some nicer (but now-old and not mind-bendingly expensive) parts fitted after I was hit by a car (R500 shifters, Mach1 wheels), it also had Tiagra 4400 (IIRC) calipers. I'd totted rough values of these bits in my head and thought tbh I'd be lucky to get anywhere near a ton for them all; was I mistaken? While mine's undoubtedly a better spec (cracked frame notwithstanding) I've seen apparently decent original examples of the same bike go on ebay for as little as £50-60 pre-Covid..
Either way I'm glad to regain the space and to have pulled back what I consider to be decent money without the hassle of having to strip the bike and flog off the components peacemeal.. while it's also great to know that the parts will hopefully be put to good use.
All that said I can't help but feel a tinge of sadness to say goodbye to the bike I'd owned for 16yrs and had pretty faithfully carted me around for the best part of 7k miles; much of which being when I was at uni.
Anyway, goodbye little Giant - thankyou for your many years of service
I'd planned to keep using it until the frame failed completely, but having recently bought a CdF space has become an issue and my hand was forced a few days ago by some paint damage to my Boardman from the Giant's pedal
Given the current demand for bikes I thought I'd chance my arm at selling it whole and slung the bike on FB marketplace a few nights ago for a hundred quid. It got a lot of interest and has just been collected for the asking price by a guy who's planning to use the bits on a new frame..
In the past year I've spent about £50 on bits (new cassette, chain, tyre and some used compact bars) while the bike previously had some nicer (but now-old and not mind-bendingly expensive) parts fitted after I was hit by a car (R500 shifters, Mach1 wheels), it also had Tiagra 4400 (IIRC) calipers. I'd totted rough values of these bits in my head and thought tbh I'd be lucky to get anywhere near a ton for them all; was I mistaken? While mine's undoubtedly a better spec (cracked frame notwithstanding) I've seen apparently decent original examples of the same bike go on ebay for as little as £50-60 pre-Covid..
Either way I'm glad to regain the space and to have pulled back what I consider to be decent money without the hassle of having to strip the bike and flog off the components peacemeal.. while it's also great to know that the parts will hopefully be put to good use.
All that said I can't help but feel a tinge of sadness to say goodbye to the bike I'd owned for 16yrs and had pretty faithfully carted me around for the best part of 7k miles; much of which being when I was at uni.
Anyway, goodbye little Giant - thankyou for your many years of service