I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
I'm looking at buying a Giant FCR 2, the retail price for the 2003 model is 575 quid, however i have found the 2002 model for 435, this is from a website called "e-cobr" (www.e-cobr.co.uk)
All the details look the same, the paint job is different, so i dont see much additional for 130 pounds ?
Is there any disadvantage in doing such a thing ?
Additionally is there anywhere i can find the 2003 model cheaper that the RRP ? all the cycle shops seem to quote this price so i guess not
I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
Generally a Good Idea, as long as the price is right
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I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
I'm looking at buying a Giant FCR 2, the retail price for the 2003 model is 575 quid, however i have found the 2002 model for 435, this is from a website called "e-cobr" (www.e-cobr.co.uk)
All the details look the same, the paint job is different, so i dont see much additional for 130 pounds ?
Is there any disadvantage in doing such a thing ?
Additionally is there anywhere i can find the 2003 model cheaper that the RRP ? all the cycle shops seem to quote this price so i guess not
Ta
Andy
My wife has this year's FCR2 and I can't see any difference apart from the colour. She thinks it's a great bike and regularly does a 32 miles round trip commute on it. You should ride one before buying one online. -- Michael MacClancy
I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
I'm looking at buying a Giant FCR 2, the retail price for the 2003 model is 575 quid, however i have found the 2002 model for 435, this is from a website called "e-cobr" (www.e-cobr.co.uk)
All the details look the same, the paint job is different, so i dont see much additional for 130 pounds ?
Is there any disadvantage in doing such a thing ?
Additionally is there anywhere i can find the 2003 model cheaper that the RRP ? all the cycle shops seem to quote this price so i guess not
Ta
Andy
As with many things, last years models are possibly out of fashion and may have a different colour scheme .. This only really matters if you're so 'hip cool and groovy' that things like fashion matter. If the frame / componentry specs are the same, why spend more ?
My bike's over 10 years old, it was never actually 'in' fashion as far as I know .. 😉
My bike's over 10 years old, it was never actually 'in' fashion as far as I know .. 😉
Ah,Digweed, you are now "retro cool" and in fashion.
Cheers, helen s (a fashion icon herself, it's just the rest of the world doesn't know it)
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I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
Well you could always hold off until next year when this years model will have become last years and be discounted. But then you would have to decide whether to go for this years model or the 2004. ;-)
"All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer
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I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
Well you could always hold off until next year when this years model will have become last years and be discounted. But then you would have to decide whether to go for this years model or the 2004. ;-)
_Are_ there really people who must have the current year's model?
And if so, how do the rest of us know whether it is or not?
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In "]news:[email hidden], Andy <[email hidden]> typed:
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I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
Well you could always hold off until next year when this years model will have become last years and be discounted. But then you would have to decide whether to go for this years model or the 2004. ;-)
_Are_ there really people who must have the current year's model?
Yes.
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And if so, how do the rest of us know whether it is or not?
You know because it's not last year's or any previous year's.
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I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
Well you could always hold off until next year when this years model will have become last years and be discounted. But then you would have to decide whether to go for this years model or the 2004. ;-)
Ah yes, but then they may well have the odd 2002 one left, with even more knocked off the price tag! Decisions, decisions....
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In "]news:[email hidden], Andy <[email hidden]> typed:
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I'm after people's opinions on buying a 2002 model bike rather than going for a 2003 model.
Well you could always hold off until next year when this years model will have become last years and be discounted. But then you would have to decide whether to go for this years model or the 2004. ;-)
Ah yes, but then they may well have the odd 2002 one left, with even more knocked off the price tag! Decisions, decisions....
With a Giant compact frame available in S, M or L you would imagine it would be easier to buy a previous year's model that fits than other makes. -- Michael MacClancy
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_Are_ there really people who must have the current year's model?
Yes.
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And if so, how do the rest of us know whether it is or not?
You know because it's not last year's or any previous year's.
Blimey, I thought I was reasonably up on biking, but I can't tell the individual years of Giants, Cannondales, Bianchis, Treks, and so on, let alone those like Trice, Roberts or Bike Friday, and I ride the latter.
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Blimey, I thought I was reasonably up on biking, but I can't tell the individual years of Giants, Cannondales, Bianchis, Treks, and so on, let alone those like Trice, Roberts or Bike Friday, and I ride the latter.
You've just stumbled on probably the strongest arguement for bicycles being licensed - so you can have a number plate to show off having the latest model year bike ;-P
"All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer
Blimey, I thought I was reasonably up on biking, but I can't tell the individual years of Giants, Cannondales, Bianchis, Treks, and so on, let alone those like Trice, Roberts or Bike Friday, and I ride the latter.
But then you're not 15 and read nothing other than MB UK
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Blimey, I thought I was reasonably up on biking, but I can't tell the
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years of Giants, Cannondales, Bianchis, Treks, and so on
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But then you're not 15 and read nothing other than MB UK
And there was I thinking that the average 15-year-old never got furhter than the inside cover photo of Kelly Salone...
-- Guy === I wonder if you wouldn't mind piecing out our imperfections with your thoughts; and while you're about it perhaps you could think when we talk of bicycles, that you see them printing their proud wheels i' the receiving earth; thanks awfully.
Blimey, I thought I was reasonably up on biking, but I can't tell the individual years of Giants, Cannondales, Bianchis, Treks, and so on, let alone those like Trice, Roberts or Bike Friday, and I ride the latter.
But then you're not 15 and read nothing other than MB UK
