Receipts for services and parts
Private sale asking price
£490 to £570
61 to 71% of the £800 paid new.
Likely sold price
£440 to £540
Sold prices run 5 to 10% below asking.
Trade-in or part exchange
£340 to £450
Dealers pay 20 to 30% under a private sale.
How the value is worked out
The tool works from what UK bikes actually list and sell for, and gives a range because the published sources agree on the shape of the curve and not on the level. Cyclesite's depreciation report, built from 16,929 UK used bike listings across 323 models in June 2026, gives the asking price by age relative to a current-year bike: 85% at one year, 70% at three, 57% at five, 28% at eight or more. Anchored to a UK dealer sample of 121 used road bikes that sold on average 34% below RRP at three years, that becomes the general curve for hybrids, folding and children's bikes.
Road, gravel, mountain and electric bikes use type-specific figures from MyNextBike's UK analysis and Singletracks' Bicycle Blue Book study: road and gravel keep 65 to 75% after a year and 60 to 70% after three; full suspension mountain bikes 50 to 60% and 40 to 50%; e-bikes 50 to 80% and 50 to 60%, then 15 to 25% a year off because the battery ages.
Condition multiplies the range: excellent ×1.12 and fair ×0.70, from Bicycle Blue Book data where excellent bikes lost 38% in year one against 62% for fair; poor at ×0.50 is our extrapolation. A full service history adds 10%, the low end of the 10 to 20% premium MyNextBike reports. An e-bike battery is 30 to 40% of the bike's used value, so reduced range takes 15% off and a battery that needs replacing 35%. Sold prices are shown 5 to 10% under asking and trade-in 20 to 30% under a private sale.
What a used bike keeps of its price, by age
Share of the price when new, good condition, no service history. Ranges because the UK sources disagree on level and agree on shape.
| Bike type | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 5 years | 8+ years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road or gravel | 65 to 75% | 63 to 73% | 60 to 70% | 49 to 61% | 35 to 49% |
| Hybrid, city, folding | 75 to 85% | 67 to 77% | 61 to 71% | 49 to 59% | 21 to 31% |
| Mountain (full suspension) | 50 to 60% | 43 to 53% | 40 to 50% | 32 to 43% | 24 to 35% |
| E-bike, healthy battery | 50 to 80% | 50 to 70% | 50 to 60% | 28 to 43% | 12 to 27% |
Selling, insuring, keeping
Selling: a full service history is worth around 10% on the price, so keep the receipts from every service and part. Photograph the frame number and update the registration before the bike changes hands. Our bike theft guide explains where the number is and how BikeRegister works.
Insuring: the used value is not the sum to insure. Cycle insurance usually settles at the cost of an equivalent new bike, and home contents policies often cap bikes between £500 and £1,500. Tyred's cycling insurance page sets out how the two compare.
Keeping: a bike that is serviced holds its value and its parts last longer. A full service at your door covers gears, brakes, wheels and drivetrain.
Bike value questions, answered
Where the numbers come from
- Cyclesite, bike depreciation report (June 2026) 16,929 UK listings, asking price by age, brand retention table, asking versus sold gap.
- MyNextBike, what affects the resale value of a bike UK type-specific depreciation, battery share of e-bike value, service history premium, trade-in discount.
- Singletracks, new mountain bikes lose about 45% of their value after year one (2017) eBay and Bicycle Blue Book study of about 100 mountain bikes; condition split.
- HMRC, EIM21667A simplified valuation of cycles Not used for market value: the table is an acceptable disposal value for tax, 25% at one year.
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