Katana
Well-Known Member
Hi guys, just wanted your thoughts on a recent bike purchase from Cycle Exchange. As you may know that last month I bought a second hand bike(Trek Madone SLR 9) and traded in my bike also. Bike at the time of sale was advertised on their website as Trek Madone SLR9.9 2018. Now here are couple of discrepancies I found while I was searching for some original replacement parts on Trek website under bike serial number. Firstly it came as 2017 model and not 2018! Secondly it showed up as 9.0(entry level model)and not 9.9(top tier model). The main difference between two models is that 9.0 came with Ultegra mechanical groupset whereas 9.9 was equipped with Dura-ace Di2. Also 9.9 has one piece integrated handle bars whereas 9.0 came with usual two piece stem handle bars. Also different wheels. Apart from that both bikes share the same frame with proprietary rim brakes.
Right enough when I checked the small sticker on the top tube it does say Madone 9.0 and not 9.9!
At the time of the purchase I did confirm that whether it was 9.9 or else and it was confirmed by an email reply that it was 9.9 as it’s equipped with Dura-ace.
Now the most plausible explanation here is that bike was maybe upgraded later by changing the groupset and handle bar. As for the wheels it has after market Richey carbon wheels too.
To be honest other than that I cannot fault the bike and overall equally happy with the seamless experience with the bike shop. I am not suggesting here that I was deliberately mislead but my expectation was that all due diligence would have been carried out by them before it was put up for sale? I am personally not bothered as such that bike started its journey from the factory as 9.0 and later became 9.9. Equally it doesn’t matter to me if the sticker on the top tube says 9.0 instead of 9.9! However if and when I decided to sell the bike and if the buyer was quite anal about things then it could be an issue!
Therefore do you think I have a case here to claim some money back?
Eagerly awaiting to hear back from you 😊
Right enough when I checked the small sticker on the top tube it does say Madone 9.0 and not 9.9!
At the time of the purchase I did confirm that whether it was 9.9 or else and it was confirmed by an email reply that it was 9.9 as it’s equipped with Dura-ace.
Now the most plausible explanation here is that bike was maybe upgraded later by changing the groupset and handle bar. As for the wheels it has after market Richey carbon wheels too.
To be honest other than that I cannot fault the bike and overall equally happy with the seamless experience with the bike shop. I am not suggesting here that I was deliberately mislead but my expectation was that all due diligence would have been carried out by them before it was put up for sale? I am personally not bothered as such that bike started its journey from the factory as 9.0 and later became 9.9. Equally it doesn’t matter to me if the sticker on the top tube says 9.0 instead of 9.9! However if and when I decided to sell the bike and if the buyer was quite anal about things then it could be an issue!
Therefore do you think I have a case here to claim some money back?
Eagerly awaiting to hear back from you 😊
