Hi all,
I have a DH9 that I don't really have the chance to use anymore (due to two toddlers). So I am looking to get rid of it.
I'm going to sell the frame but I have no idea how much it is worth. Obviously as a DH bike it has been used for downhilling so has the usual uplift scratches but there are also a few problems with it so it is more of a project bike.
The rear 20mm Hadley hub does not always engage, and I do not know where to start with rebuilding it - it engages when the bike it tipped to one side but not the other so I guess a seal or something inside has come loose? The lower end of the shaft on the Fox shock is bent - this does not affect the action of the travel but could easily be sorted by replacing the shock or shaft. The frame also appears slightly out of alignment although it has always been this way since I bought it second hand in 2006.
I had a Hope 6 pot brake on the rear, and a custom sized rear (massive) disc so it fitted in with the floating brake arrangement.
This makes it sound pretty bad - but after all it would have been wasted as a proper DH bike if it was still shiny and not been properly used - there are some pretty big rocks in the Alps!
So worth throwing away? Selling as a piece of wall art or as a project retrobike?
Thanks for taking the time to read.
Cheers
I have a DH9 that I don't really have the chance to use anymore (due to two toddlers). So I am looking to get rid of it.
I'm going to sell the frame but I have no idea how much it is worth. Obviously as a DH bike it has been used for downhilling so has the usual uplift scratches but there are also a few problems with it so it is more of a project bike.
The rear 20mm Hadley hub does not always engage, and I do not know where to start with rebuilding it - it engages when the bike it tipped to one side but not the other so I guess a seal or something inside has come loose? The lower end of the shaft on the Fox shock is bent - this does not affect the action of the travel but could easily be sorted by replacing the shock or shaft. The frame also appears slightly out of alignment although it has always been this way since I bought it second hand in 2006.
I had a Hope 6 pot brake on the rear, and a custom sized rear (massive) disc so it fitted in with the floating brake arrangement.
This makes it sound pretty bad - but after all it would have been wasted as a proper DH bike if it was still shiny and not been properly used - there are some pretty big rocks in the Alps!
So worth throwing away? Selling as a piece of wall art or as a project retrobike?
Thanks for taking the time to read.
Cheers