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ATeaformeplease t1_jaau50t wrote

Rei does this too

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NodePoker t1_jabe50c wrote

REI does trade in on kid's bikes too, so when you kid out grows it you can take it back and get money towards an upgrade. I don't know how good of a deal it is as my daughter get her bike for Christmas.

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leviwhite9 t1_jabjqi2 wrote

/r/unethicallifeprotips trade in my old shitty "large kids" bike for something that actually fits me at REI because I had to buy the only thing available during the height of the Rona because I was off for a bit and wanted to get back to my roots.

If only there were an REI within biking distance.

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NodePoker t1_jabm9sz wrote

The caveat is you have to buy the original bike there and you only have 5 years.

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leviwhite9 t1_jabo4i1 wrote

Ah fark.

Target probably won't give me shit then with this smol POS.

Ah well, I had my fun clanking my knees against it all over this mountainous town.

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Master_Dogs t1_jacugep wrote

You could sell it on Facebook/Craigslist/etc.

I've sold two bikes that way. One was actually broken - was a mountain bike that had one of the rear struts broken by a low root I didn't see on some single track. Some lady still paid me like $200 or so for it since she had a friend who could weld it back together and she figured her son would love it since it was a pretty decent bike (I paid $1500 for it new back in the day, sold it cheaply to get it out of my parents garage and recoup a bit). The other bike was functional and I got like $300 for it. It was an old Dicks Sporting Goods MTB that I had converted into an urban explorer bike during the beginning of the pandemic. I eventually ended up buying like 2 other bikes and didn't need it anymore. Some guy off Facebook wanted it since it had a 3x7 and a rear rack for cargo.

Just list it at whatever you think will sell, or go high and let people low-ball you enough until you get a reasonable price. Put the proceeds towards your next bike. 🚴

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Dirtbagdownhill t1_jabvjbq wrote

Dude your my new favorite stranger. If you wanna sort out the bike shit there are some very questionable resources right here on reddit.

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leviwhite9 t1_jacb0g1 wrote

Ah my poor neighbor buddy had his nicked and I'm just slightly above that so....

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TommenBrady t1_jacm23z wrote

Don’t know about where you live, but if you report your bike stolen here, you get invited to the police bike auction and can get really nice bikes dirt cheap in a somewhat moralistic way

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knd775 t1_jacqe22 wrote

How do the police get the bikes?

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Natanael_L t1_jacr8yj wrote

Abandoned bikes plus recovered bikes with no identified owner.

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LouSputhole94 t1_jad6jec wrote

Also that whole fun civil forfeiture thing they’ve got going on

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TommenBrady t1_jacrfsn wrote

A lot of bikes that are stolen are quickly abandoned and not everyone files a police report so they store them. And even people who had filed police reports will have often done it for an insurance claim and have a new bike by the time theirs is found, so it doesn’t get claimed . They do the same thing with seized and found cars

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leviwhite9 t1_jacxc2j wrote

That's a shame because I'm a few decades past being a kid and was never talking about needing a jacket.

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nspaziani18 t1_jaegoga wrote

You can get a used bike on something like craigslist for cheap!

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ectish t1_jabklvi wrote

>biking distance.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/race-across-america-2022-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ultra-distance-cycling-event

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macdr t1_jadvhms wrote

Woom bikes does that as well!

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shea241 t1_jacxbi3 wrote

REI stuff is also likely to last that long, not so much LLB anymore

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averyfinename t1_jad69xm wrote

a lot of brands of children's jackets and outerwear do this.

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