Giant bike

thebourke

i saw a second hand giant hybrid bike for sale for 260e....in penny farthings shop on camden street,dublin...it has 24 gears...does that seem like a fairly secent price?
does anybody know if the government cycle to work scheme applies to second hand bikes also..as in can you get a second hand bike instead of a new bike

Vélo

I'm not sure on the the value of the bike as I don't know the year/model etc.

You can only buy new bikes with the cycle to work scheme.

Idleater

i'm not so sure. The pdf i downloaded from revenue says all bikes are allowed incl s/h. I'd say if it was bought in a shop there'd be no problem.
You're not making much of a saving spending 260 on a bike though. I'd just buy it at that price if you like it and upgrade sooner rather than later under the scheme.

ednwireland

dont forget you cant buy another bike for 5 years (by which time the scheme will be gone - probably gone in the next budget the way things are going) so if you even have an inkling you want a better /bike soon may be worth waiting as nereid said

Riskymove

a new giant fcr will cost around €600 so depending on your tax rate you will get this for 20% or 41% off

i.e. if 41% then around €360

under my scheme I then pay that back over next 6 months so its not a lot of money really

plus you get a warranty and in some places a free servcie after 6 months

Idleater

Riskymove wrote: »

... for 20% or 41% off

+ PRSI etc = ~28 / ~50%