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Best 2nd hand road bike for €500-€700

spoke2cun · 2013-04-29 00:11:35

I have been cycling on a Carrera TDF from Halfords for almost a year now. A decent training bike I must say, a bit on the heavy side. Which is all good for training. If I was to upgrade to a much lighter 2nd hand bike for around €500, what bike should I get? Thanks guys.

29-04-2013 12:11am

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spoke2cun

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I have been cycling on a Carrera TDF from Halfords for almost a year now. A decent training bike I must say, a bit on the heavy side. Which is all good for training. If I was to upgrade to a much lighter 2nd hand bike for around €500, what bike should I get? Thanks guys.

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#2 29-04-2013 8:42am

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Hard to know what to tell you. It depends on what's available at the time. Bike shops don't really sell high end second hand bikes so you'll have to look on adverts.ie, donedeal etc or the adverts section on here.

It'll have to be the right size obviously and the newer the better. Something with either a 105 or Tiagra groupset preferably. A general rule of thumb is the more expensive it is when bought new the better it'll be.

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#3 29-04-2013 8:49am

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Thanks for the advice. It's just that there's so much choice out there that its confusing!

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#4 29-04-2013 9:26am

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If you can find a Cervelo for 500 go for that

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#5 29-04-2013 9:37am

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What size are you looking for?

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