Advice needed

[jonmat]

Hi guy’s,

I bought a brand new 2023 Orbea Wild H20 in March. Shortly after I was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. Unfortunately nobody has ever survived this condition. My question is, what’s the best way to sell my bike. It’s an XL with less than 100 miles on the clock?

 

[Slymobi]

Ahhhh that's shitty and my heart goes out to you and your family and I really hope you get the best out of life that you can Emtb has a forum eBikes For Sale
That you can post for selling, other than that it's probably face ache ( Facebook marketplace ) or could try pinkbike !!
I'm sure I read that eBay no longer allow selling ebikes but if I'm wrong then that's an option ?

Maybe sell it back to where you purchased, explaining your situation?

Hope you have good luck selling

 

[Weeksy]

Pinkbike.com

 

[steve_sordy]

That is so sad!
Have you thought about using it until you no longer can? Or does MND get worse with exercise?

eBay have just announced that they will no longer be selling emtbs. So Pinkbike Classifieds is a useful place to start. This website is another good place. One thing you can do to add to the appeal is to have a word with your local bike shop (ideally the place where you bought the bike, or at least knows and recognises you) to see if they would allow their shop to be used as the handover location. There are several benefits to this for you and for the buyer.

I have done this for the sale of my last bike and my grandson's bike. It was the LBS owner that suggested it. He didn't ask for or expect any money, but on a bike sale of £3100, I gave him £50 and similar when the other bike sold (he refused at first but I insisted). Both buyers told me that the fact the bike was being handed over at a bike shop was very comforting. I stepped out of the shop for a while so that the buyers could quiz the LBS guy. The handover took about 10 mins in each case.

Stay positive!

 

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[jonmat]

That is so sad!
Have you thought about using it until you no longer can? Or does MND get worse with exercise?

eBay have just announced that they will no longer be selling emtbs. So Pinkbike Classifieds is a useful place to start. This website is another good place. One thing you can do to add to the appeal is to have a word with your local bike shop (ideally the place where you bought the bike, or at least knows and recognises you) to see if they would allow their shop to be used as the handover location. There are several benefits to this for you and for the buyer.

I have done this for the sale of my last bike and my grandson's bike. It was the LBS owner that suggested it. He didn't ask for or expect any money, but on a bike sale of £3100, I gave him £50 and similar when the other bike sold (he refused at first but I insisted). Both buyers told me that the fact the bike was being handed over at a bike shop was very comforting. I stepped out of the shop for a while so that the buyers could quiz the LBS guy. The handover took about 10 mins in each case.

Stay positive!

Thank you for the advice. MND does not get worse with exercise. It just gets harder to do. I was riding until a few months ago, but on smooth tracks with my son as escort. Now I don’t have physical strength to ride. Also, if I fall off, I don’t have enough strength to get back to my feet.
MND is a degenerative disease, my strength has declined by about 50% in the past six months. My body weight has dropped from 98kg to 81kg, mainly due to the wasting of my muscle mass. MND takes no prisoners, it’s always terminal. Life expectancy is 6 months to 5 years. It’s also very rare and difficult to diagnose. End of life is caused by asphyxiation when your breathing muscles stop working. I have around 20 people supporting me through the NHS and loads of family helping me too. I’m currently taking one day at a time, as that’s about all you can do.

 

[VWsurfbum]

Thank you for the advice. MND does not get worse with exercise. It just gets harder to do. I was riding until a few months ago, but on smooth tracks with my son as escort. Now I don’t have physical strength to ride. Also, if I fall off, I don’t have enough strength to get back to my feet.
MND is a degenerative disease, my strength has declined by about 50% in the past six months. My body weight has dropped from 98kg to 81kg, mainly due to the wasting of my muscle mass. MND takes no prisoners, it’s always terminal. Life expectancy is 6 months to 5 years. It’s also very rare and difficult to diagnose. End of life is caused by asphyxiation when your breathing muscles stop working. I have around 20 people supporting me through the NHS and loads of family helping me too. I’m currently taking one day at a time, as that’s about all you can do.

I really feel for you. I know that doesn't help, so I'm thinking that maybe as an EMTB community, we do something to help?? even if it is just raising some money to help your situation. I dunno, I would hope that we could all do something to help?

Is your son a rider? Maybe we could include him in something to raise awareness?

 

[2unfit2ride]

Trying to ignore the fact that you have a life ending illness, which TBH is hard & I do feel for you, my advice would be to tell everyone what you paid for it, tell them what you expect for it & then be be prepared for the harsh reality that no one pays more than 2/3rds of whatever the current price they can find on google is, even if they find a new one for 50% off.
Do you not have a dear family member you can give it to at a stupid loss? That's what I generally do with my used bikes as I can't stand virtually giving a bike away to a stranger knowing how much it has cost me.
HTH