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Thorn General / Re: Bike identification and valuation
« Last post by martinf on Today at 07:26:00 AM »I was offered £400 to begin with, but when they found out it was an Alfine hub they weren't interested. Apparently the bike is worth in the region of £50 - £100, but I was told from someone on Facebook that it's still worth a lot more.
I consider that the Raven Sport Tour is a very good frame for a relatively lightweight hub-geared bike for light touring/day rides. My Raven Sport Tour cost about £400 as a frameset as discounted end of line stock in 2016. But it has the disadvantage of using 26 inch tyres that have gone out of fashion.
When selling something, the right price is what someone is willing to pay. The trouble with a hub-gear lightweight is that it is probably a very small market in the UK. A pragmatic approach would be to try and sell the bike for half the purchase price - I suppose that if it was bought a couple of years ago that it was second-hand ?
Where to advertise:
- On this forum.
- A touring bike website, this would have been the CTC when I lived in England, don't know if it is still called the same.
- Maybe EBay or the equivalent ?
As AndyB1 has already said, you will have more chance of selling if you are willing to send the bike, but packing and sending a complete bike is quite a hassle and is expensive.

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Is that the same number as the one I posted in my photos, or is there another one I've missed? I did get in touch with SJS initially and you're right about them buying for a %.