Cove Sanchez 2009 frame advice

Cav1989

Good evening

For starters, first time here so I hope this is in the right place!

I've been offered a fully built bike by a lad at work. I know its abit vague but Ill get further details tomorrow.
He wants £275 for a bike built around a Cove Sanchez 2009 lime green frame. He's reluctant to get rid and informs me the frame is worth this alone.

Is this true?
Is it worth buying at the very least to sell in parts?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Cav

nicklouse

http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/79 ... frame.html
http://covebike.com/bikes/sanchez

make your own mind up.

Long_Time_Lurker

Depends what bits are hanging off of it and what you want to use the bike for.
It's a one-size dirt-jump frame - built for that purpose.
As a runaround, pop to the shops, muck about around town and over dirt jumps I would consider it (if the rest of the kit was decent).

I certainly wouldn't be able to use it to ride the trails around me. I would probably manage it, but it would be the most uncomfortable and cumbersome thing out there.

Cav1989

This is whats hanging off it..

Cove Sanchez dj green
Marzocchi bomber forks
Deore - xt rear, front, shifters and crank
Hope h2 hydraulic brakes
Mavic rims 328 disc
Tioga Dh tyres 2.3
Platform pedals
Dh bars, stumpy stem and ritchey headset

£275 the lad wanted?

Cheers

bonezy

As long as everything is in decent working order, that's a bargain. Not really a trail bike, but for skills loops and jumping it's spot on

Long_Time_Lurker

What he said - I would give it a quick ride to see how it feels.
If it were me, and it felt ok and was well looked after, I would take a punt on it (as a runaround - not as a serious XC or trail bike).
As I said before though - it depends what you want the bike for and where you are going to ride it.