new bike or refurbish??

klix

I have an old GT outpost which has been sat in my dads garage for about 8 years. The frame is fine and looks in good condition but the rest looks a bit rusted etc. Is it cheaper to just buy a new bike or is it worth getting some new parts (gears, brakes pedals etc) and refurbing it. I have no idea how much it would cost. Don't need anything special just something that would be ok to take off road a bit.

canada16

New bike.

Would cost too much for new everything.

You can get some good 2008 - 2009 bikes and good prices,

How much can you spend ?

klix

£250 what would you recomend?

jayson

I recently got a ful deore groupset with brakes and gears and a set of shimano factory wheels from merlin for £250 which would get u going perfectly.

Daz555

Cheapest option of all would be to strip the bike down to its individual components, clean everything up and re-assemble. You might be surprised how well it runs afterward. I did the same with my old 90s Ridgeback (had been sat outside for 3 years) when I turned it into a commuter - it felt like brand new....then some scrote nicked it, but that's a different story.

Other than, that I'd say get a new bike. Check the sticky in the Buying Advice forum.

mac_man

I asked my local bike shop about fettling my old bike....

The parts alone came to £200 and it wasn't an extensive list.... rear mech, rear wheel, tyre, bottom bracket, cabling etc. plus fitting.

It was a crappy old thing that only cost me £100 new. So no... I didn't bother

As already said... clean em up and see how they go...

There's plenty of online tutorials on bike maintenance. It'll be a day of your time and a few quid in WD40, lube, grease etc... and plenty of blood sweat and tears

or look for a good 2nd hand bike.