Bargain?

buddy_club

"Carrera vengeance ltd mountain bike, Front and rear shimano hydraulic disc brakes, Aluminium frame, Rock shox dart forks, 24 speed, Shimano alivio gears, Shimano rapid fire thumb shifters, 26 inch xcd white rims, 20 inch adults frame"

Mates offered me it, seem a good buy?

mcnultycop

At £10 a great buy, at £2000 not a great buy.

rockmonkeysc

Not if it's over a grand, then it's a terrible buy.

buddy_club

£250
Sorry, how i managed to miss the price i do not know.

rockmonkeysc

It's not a great price. If its in really good condition I guess it's not too expensive.

mcnultycop

Probably £80-100 too expensive.

Kowalski675

RockmonkeySC wrote:

It's not a great price. If its in really good condition I guess it's not too expensive.

I would've thought I'd be doing well to get £250 for my immaculate Kraken.

russyh

Kowalski675 wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

It's not a great price. If its in really good condition I guess it's not too expensive.

I would've thought I'd be doing well to get £250 for my immaculate Kraken.

I would say amazingly well. I sold mine for £150 a couple of years ago and it was immaculate.

njee20

Too much. They're still selling new ones for £300.

Kowalski675

Russyh wrote:

Kowalski675 wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

It's not a great price. If its in really good condition I guess it's not too expensive.

I would've thought I'd be doing well to get £250 for my immaculate Kraken.

I would say amazingly well. I sold mine for £150 a couple of years ago and it was immaculate.

I only paid £240 for it new anyway (reduced from £400), but I've decided not to sell it anyway - it's getting the Elixir 3s off my Boardman and I've ordered new bars and stem (again - these will be the third pairing), seatpost (inline, rather than laid back, to shorten the reach a bit on the 20" frame), new forks and a 180mm front disc. Just need pedals and tyres now.

russyh

If I still had mine I would do the same buddy. Not worth selling really

Kowalski675

Russyh wrote:

If I still had mine I would do the same buddy. Not worth selling really

That was my logic. I figured with a little investment it'll be a good bike for local door to door non gnarly rides (not that any on my rides are very gnarly) and XC type stuff and winter bike, since it's a decent frame, leaving my full susser for trail riding (and avoiding winter wear and tear on the linkages and bearings). £50 for 750mm Funn bars and 50mm Kore stem, £121.50 for new Epicon forks (which I'll convert to 120mm to sacken the head angle a little), £12 for a seatpost and £11 for an Avid G3CS disc.

The Rookie

Far too much for a Vengeance which has poor brakes and a dreadful fork, £150 absolute tops.

Most Carreras are worth much more in bits than as a whole bike!

buddy_club

It's immaculate, should I make him an offer then?

njee20

Why are you asking us? Don't pay what he's asking, but it could be a good buy if you get him down.

buddy_club

I'm saying that because I don't know too much about what costs what etc, how much do you reckon it's worth?

russyh

How old is it? At a guess I would say its worth half of its new price so £150 tops

The Rookie

I've bought much better bikes for under £150, if you want a bike for mountain biking it's not up to the job anyway, so £10 would be too much to pay, otherwise. T's worth £150 tops.

buddy_club

Jut for my dad, he's been lookig at a coupled bikes, including this and a used voodoo, might have seen the thread about fitting a larger rotor, he wants something that in the week he can put slicks on and cycle to work, ten on the weekends come out to Cannock, Llandegla etc

DCR00

I paid £170 for a 2009 Kraken the other week

Didnt have RS forks, but they arent worth the extra he's asking

buddy_club

njee20 wrote:

Too much. They're still selling new ones for £300.

Thought the new ones had mechanical discs, and a crappier suntour fork