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my tuppence, short version: keep it...
long version: what's your reason for selling - garage space or the (correct) sense that bikes derive meaning from being ridden? it looks like a great practical build - I bet it rides amazing - but it's not period-correct or posh or NOS or what... if it were mine I'd probably list it at £500, drop the price a few times to maybe £350 and then decide to hang on to it... In any case, I'm not convinced that selling it will lead to it being used that much more - great bike, but will appeal mostly to the sort of person that already has multiple bikes (like me...) & would only ride it from time to time. Most likely you'll get a lot of interest for splitting it & selling the frame & forks for maybe £200, and the new owner may or may not get round to building it up in the next 10yrs...
Disclaimer: It looks (nearly) big enough to be my size, but I /really/ don't have room rn... maybe I'm just projecting...
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I never thought I would consider selling this bike but now slightly thinking about it, and would appreciate some advice on pricing.
Its a Dave Yates Diablo, full rigid MTB, Columbus Cromor tubing; Pace RC30 forks; with a very mixed groupset: XTR RapidFire Plus (3x8); XT V brakes; XT 175mm cranks (chainrings 46/36/26); Deore FD; 8 speed XT RD; Mavic CrossRide 26" wheels; PanaRacer FireXCPro tyres; Ritchey bars; Crank Brothers 110 mm stem; BBB seatpost; Shimano M424 pedals; Flite titanium saddle (that I might keep).
Seat tube is 51cm c-t-c; top tube is 59cm c-t-c. As you'll note from the saddle and bar positions its always been just a fraction small for me.
I've had it since the mid 90s and its been back to Dave himself twice for refurb and repaint. The last time about three years ago. Refurb has included removing old and then fitting cable guides to run all the cables along the top of the top tube; removing the "flying" bridge for canti brakes at the rear; switching to aheadset style headset, including modding the Pace fork steerer; adding rear rack mounts.
Think I've ridden it properly once in the last 2 years, though in the past its done C2C, the Way of the Roses, Sustrans Route 4 and countless mtb outings with mates. Its been part of my cycling life but I think I'd like it to go to someone who would actually use it.
So what to ask?
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