second hand??

Bicycle Express at 124 Halifax St , Adelaide Tel no.8232 7277. have a few 2nd hand bikes, they also
have a store at 1 Sturt Rd, Brighton 8296 8861 (not sure if they sell 2nd hand there though) but
probably your best bet would be the Trading Post $1.20 from newsagents (pub'd every thursday).

Also you can get some real bargains on Australian eBay. A almost new OCR3 (with Sora gear) just sold
for about $500 from memory.

Oh! I nearly forgot! Try www.cycle2max.com as they have a small for sale section.....but check this
website out regardless as it's very informative about climbs in Adelaide etc.

Welcome to Adelaide btw.

Cheers

John

erikax wrote:
>
> Just wondering if anybody could point me in the best direction to find second hand road bikes down
> under? I am a european student who just arrived in Adelaide. Unfortunately my insurance wouldn't
> cover me bringing my bike as I was travelling a bit on my way down here. Shipping it down is not
> the best option as its expensive and I'm not staying very long. So I need a new bike. Buying new
> is a limited option on my student budget as i could only afford entry level. So I am looking for a
> used road bike. Any ideas of good places to check?? Magazines with classifieds, specific
> bikestores that might store second hand, cycle clubs??? Appreciate any help as I'm getting
> desperate to get out on the road again!!
>
> Hopefull regards
>
> Erik, Adelaide SA
>
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erikax <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Just wondering if anybody could point me in the best direction to find second hand road bikes down
> under? I am a european student who just arrived in Adelaide. Unfortunately my insurance wouldn't
> cover me bringing my bike as I was travelling a bit on my way down here. Shipping it down is not
> the best option as its expensive and I'm not staying very long. So I need a new bike. Buying new
> is a limited option on my student budget as i could only afford entry level. So I am looking for a
> used road bike. Any ideas of good places to check?? Magazines with classifieds, specific
> bikestores that might store second hand, cycle clubs??? Appreciate any help as I'm getting
> desperate to get out on the road again!!

On the Torrens in front of the paliament there is a guy that hires out mountain bikes. He sells
reconditioned ones for cheap. They usually have a few scratches on them, but are mechanically good.
I bought one about 5 years ago and it lasted me a long time.

Explain your situation to him, and he should look after you.
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DFM

erikax wrote:

> Just wondering if anybody could point me in the best direction to find second hand road bikes down
> under? I am a european student who just arrived in Adelaide. Unfortunately my insurance wouldn't
> cover me bringing my bike as I was travelling a bit on my way down here. Shipping it down is not
> the best option as its expensive and I'm not staying very long. So I need a new bike. Buying new
> is a limited option on my student budget as i could only afford entry level. So I am looking for a
> used road bike. Any ideas of good places to check?? Magazines with classifieds, specific
> bikestores that might store second hand, cycle clubs??? Appreciate any help as I'm getting
> desperate to get out on the road again!!
>
> Hopefull regards
>
> Erik, Adelaide SA
>
>
>
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Try http://www.bicyclingaustralia.com/ba The classifieds section is very active. Bikes tend to be at
the higher end of the spectrum but some bargains come up.

I second John's recommendation, Keith Wong at Bicycle Express has quite a lot of used road bikes,
and he's open to haggling too.

Cheers Gemma "erikax" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just wondering if anybody could point me in the best direction to find second hand road bikes down
> under? I am a european student who just arrived in Adelaide. Unfortunately my insurance wouldn't
> cover me bringing my bike as I was travelling a bit on my way down here. Shipping it down is not
> the best option as its expensive and I'm not staying very long. So I need a new bike. Buying new
> is a limited option on my student budget as i could only afford entry level. So I am looking for a
> used road bike. Any ideas of good places to check?? Magazines with classifieds, specific
> bikestores that might store second hand, cycle clubs??? Appreciate any help as I'm getting
> desperate to get out on the road again!!
>
> Hopefull regards
>
> Erik, Adelaide SA
>
>
>
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