would you buy old mx comps?

noidea

A mate is offering these for sale at the moment:

http://stuartwood89.pinkbike.com/album/ ... r-MX-Comp/

they seem a bit old to me, would you bother? what would you say they are worth?

ooh by the way, they are to go on my Giant Terrago

Thanks.

norco forever

how much are they?

noidea

hes asking £60 at the moment, it seems a good price but they are 3 or 4 years old!

norco forever

its not too bad do you know about the useage/treatment they've had?

noidea

The conidition isn't too tatty in appearence.. stickers and a few scratches and they have been on a GT pro series, used for the occasional jump but they still ride smooth.

norco forever

i would say try and get them for £50 as that is a fairer price considering i got all mountain1's from 2006 for £100

noidea

the other thing is that with my current forks the steerer is around 2-3mm from the top of the stem but these MXs have been cut down to 180mm so I will have to remove all of spacers except a 5mm on and the steerer will be around 10mm from the top of the stem, will this be ok?

norco forever

that should be fine, i've got around a 5mm gap with my carbon fibre spacer and thats absolutely fine.

noidea

ok cool, thanks for your help im not in any rush to buy them really unless the price gets better.. I think I only thing that is putting me off is the age of the fork.

norco forever

as long as they've been cared for marzocchi will last forever, my 03 dirt jumpr 3's only just died this month.

The Spiderman

Given that you can buy a pair of new Toras for as little as £100,by the time you have these serviced,is it worth it?

davethedoo

I have a pair of 2006 120mm MX Comps which i paid £140 for new.

I think they are excellent value for money and will take reasonable drop offs and the wee jumps that I can manage