Sherpa 535L

[Andyb1]

Sadly for sale, as it has been a good bike, but replaced with Raven.

I am about 5ft 8 1/2” and it fits me well so should fit 5ft 7” - 5ft 10”?

- Grey frame and forks, a few light scratches but nothing bad and still looks smart.
- Deore LX front and rear mechs and quick shift triggers give slick changes on the Shimano MTB 42/34/24 and 11/32 9 speed cassette.
- Marathon plus 40mm tyres, about 2 years old, part worn, presta valves, deore Q/R skewers.
- Shimano DX flat pedals
- Terry Liberator saddle
- Ridgeback rear rack rated to 18kg
- 2 x water bottle holders fitted, comes with a third
- flat bars with Ergon grips and bar ends
- weighs 13.0kg like this
Owned for 2 years.   When I bought it I fitted new cables, brake blocks, front wheel bearings and cones, bottom bracket, lower headset bearing.  I have ridden it around 1600 miles including 1000 miles on tour in India.  New chain before I went and another on my return, 100 miles ago, and all checked through.

Also available with bike
- original Deore crankset but 2 x rings are worn
- original Thorn handlebars plus 2 spare alloy stems of different lengths / angles
Plus there are some other bits and pieces

£400
Collection Taunton or I can pack in a cardboard bike box if you arrange carriage.


Available at extra charge or will haggle:
- HD steel tubus rack
- Low loaders for front forks
- Mudguards - full length or I think I have some MTB ones
- New cassette, chain and crankset

Please PM

[in4]

That’s a great prospect for some lucky person. For comparison there’s at least two Sherpas on the SJS site but they’re new so more expensive.

[Andyb1]

I hope that is a fair price.  It is now well set up and ready to do some miles.  No doubt a new owner might fine tune it to their requirements with their own saddle or pedals, but the ones with it are good quality.
Thing is, most if not all reading this will already have something similar!

[Andyb1]

Looks like it has sold on UKebay on one bid with the buyer paying £363 inc ebay buyer protection fee.  It will be sad to see it go.

[PH]

Someone get a decent bike at a good price, they'll be happy with that.  If you're not using something you may as well have the cash, but it doesn't seem a lot, particularly after eBay have their chunk.

[Andyb1]

Ebay seems strange, no fees to me at all, but they charged the buyer a £13 fee for ‘protection’ - so they paid £363 and I got £350.  Which is what I paid for it 2 years ago, although on top of that I spent a lot of time getting everything working well and fitted quite a lot of new parts.  I am happy enough as I had the use of it and it served me well on my trip in India this year.

The buyer got a good well sorted bike, and I got one thing less in my life to maintain!  He also bought my stock of new 3 x 9 parts - crankset, chains, sprockets - so the bike should cost very little extra in parts for the next few years.

[PH]

Ebay seems strange, no fees to me at all, but they charged the buyer a £13 fee for ‘protection’ - so they paid £363 and I got £350. 

That's not so bad, last time I sold there it was a 15% final value fee, I'll have to have a look, I could do with a clear out.