theft damaged bike for sale for spares

[gasinayr]

sons trek marlin 5 got frame damaged in atemped theft bike was only one month old but wrecked. does anyone know a shop in London that would buy it for spares as a repair is out of the question

 

[fossyant]

Split it and sell parts on ebay.

 

[All uphill]

If you are willing to post you could advertise it here on CC.

 

[ianrauk]

Do shops ever buy broken bikes for parts?

 

[annedonnelly]

Can't imagine a shop buying second hand bits for spares but I bet some of the charities refurbishing bikes on our list would be happy to take it.

 

[wafter]

Do shops ever buy broken bikes for parts?

Yeah, I doubt they'd touch it - from a liability angle as well as the ballache of stripping everything off and grief of flogging used parts...

 

[Dadam]

I doubt you'd get a shop to pay you money. You might get one to take it as a "trade in" against a new bike, depending on how much you were spending.

You'd probably be better off stripping the bike for parts and selling on eBay, FB, or on here.

 

[DCLane]

I do buy broken bikes but a bike shop is unlikely to.

Like others have put, stick it on eBay with the lowest price you would accept as your starting price, or strip and sell yourself.