Buying used Red worth it?

ivanoile
ivanoile Posts: 202
edited June 2015 in Road buying advice
I was thinking of buying used Red groupset as my Bianchi is unable to put Di2 (I would have to connect wires outside the frame).So Red/Force is the only thing that I would like to put on that bike.

I've found used Red,covered about 6500km with changed chain,hoods and cassette.Does that groupset has enough life in itself for next 2-3 years of riding? As I know that SRAM was problematic in terms of used.

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I recall the rear mech pivot was redesigned? Right? What year was this groupset new?

    And what state is the chainring in?
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,150
    that's not many km, especially if the chain/cassette have been changed

    the only risky bit is if the rear mech pivot is worn, not sure if/when they changed design but i've had well over 30,000km out of the original version, loads of wet rides, i stripped it down to clean/oil it once as it got a bit stiff
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  • ivanoile
    ivanoile Posts: 202
    I think it is 2013,but he doesn't know about any pivot redesign.
    I would take the group without chainset as I'm using Q-Rings with my K-Force chainset atm.

    And the cables are changed also