# How long does it take to sell a used bike?

> A used bike takes an average of 29 days to sell on Cyclesite, based on 111 sold and delisted listings. Selling times vary widely: some bikes go in a matter of days, others sit for months, so treat any average as a starting point rather than a forecast. What moves a sale is pricing accuracy, photo quality and how quickly you reply to enquiries. For a figure specific to your bike rather than a market-wide one, use the selling-time tool at cyclesite.co.uk/how-long-to-sell-a-bike, which answers from comparable sales and says so when there are too few of them.

**Answered by:** Cyclesite. Last reviewed 2026-09-21.

## What you control

The levers you actually control are the asking price (check it against Cyclesite's market-price data rather than against what you paid), the photographs (clear, well-lit, every angle including the drivetrain and any damage) and how quickly you reply to an enquiry. We are not going to rank them for you with a percentage: we do not yet have enough sold listings to separate their effects honestly, and a made-up weighting would be worse than none.

## Does the type of bike change how long it takes?

Almost certainly, but we do not publish a figure per bike type. Splitting 111 sold and delisted listings across categories leaves too few in each one for the number to mean anything. Rather than quote a breakdown we cannot stand behind, the selling-time tool works from the bikes genuinely comparable to yours and tells you when there are not enough of them.

## Average used bike prices by category (UK)

Live figures from the Cyclesite marketplace. Asking prices, not confirmed sales.

| Category | Average price | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Road Bikes | £1,268 | 43 |
| Mountain Bikes | £1,256 | 27 |
| Electric Bikes | £2,043 | 13 |

## Related questions

### When is the best time to sell a bike?

We will not answer this from our own data, because we cannot yet. Cyclesite has not traded through a full UK year, so we have never observed a winter and will not quote you a seasonal effect we have not measured. When our listing history covers a full cycle, this answer will carry a real figure instead of this paragraph.

## Live data

- **Browse live listings:** https://www.cyclesite.co.uk/sell-your-bike
- **Related tool:** https://www.cyclesite.co.uk/sold-bike-prices
- **All cycling answers:** https://www.cyclesite.co.uk/answers

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