Help - no bike knowledge

[Macca527]

Firstly, I have no bike knowledge and have joined this forum in the hope of finding a knowledgable helpful community.

My grandfather has recently inherited a Haibike challenge RC (image attached) Google gives very little information on this bike. We are looking to sell the bike to raise funeral funds however do not know where to start.

- what value could we sell this second hand bike for
- would eBay be a good place to sell?
Any advice on selling the bike would be hugely appreciated. I appreciate this may be out of the norm for this forum.

 

[biggs682]

@Macca527 that's not a bike i have heard of , are you uk based ?
What is the spec of the bike ?
Age and useage

 

[Macca527]

Thank you for replying! We are UK based and the bike was purchased by our uncle who passed away. Google gives very little information about it.

All we can find is that Haibike make new bikes in a high price bracket.

when asking for spec what is important to note? For you, and for selling?

 

[vickster]

@Macca527 that's not a bike i have heard of , are you uk based ?
What is the spec of the bike ?
Age and useage

Don't they make lots of electric bikes? Maybe an Austrian/German company?

 

[Spiderweb]

Haibike are a German company, they are big in ebikes, my friend has one of their eMTB’s. They are really well regarded in this market and are particularly popular in mainland Europe.
Non ebikes like yours are not as popular, I know of them but haven’t ever seen one, yours is a 2015 model and would have originally cost around 1700 euros. Yours is a decent spec, full carbon, Mavic Aksium wheels and Ultegra group set.
Try listing it in the ‘for sale’ section on here, you’ll need to specify frame size and your location for collection (or post?) and give lots of good clear close up pics of various parts of your bike so that potential buyers can see spec and establish what condition the various bits and pieces are in.
Unfortunately you’re not going to get anywhere near the original RRP, try starting it at £650 ish see how it goes. There is no shame in dropping the price if you have no takers, test the market.

Good luck.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Welcome to the forum, Macca. Sorry to hear of your bereavement and good luck with the sale.

 

[Spiderweb]

If you are unsure as to the frame size then take some measurements and compare it to the geometry chart below.