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Contact our press teamThe Cyclesite Retail Price Index provides a monthly overview of the UK used-bike market, drawn from advertised asking prices across the UK marketplaces we track, including our own.
Published monthly, our RPI provides an overview of the latest pricing data from our marketplace and across the used-bike market.
We track tens of thousands of real UK market prices each month, covering road, mountain, gravel, e-bikes, hybrid, folding and cargo categories. Coupled with data from active listings every day, this ensures the index is an accurate reflection of the live retail market.
The methodology is designed to mirror Autotrader’s published RPI. We report the mean asking price across every advertised and recently-delisted listing in the category, trimming the extreme top and bottom 2.5% of prices each month so a single outlier never distorts the series. Categories with fewer than 10 observations in a period are excluded, and no index point is published on thin data.
The resulting series gives journalists, retailers and riders a reliable, independent benchmark for how used-bike values are moving in the UK. Be sure to check our commentary below for more insight.
Used bike market · August 2026
Used road bike prices fell 4.7% in August 2026 to average £1,213, the market's fourth consecutive monthly decline.
Methodology
Every data point comes from an advertised or recently-delisted listing across the UK used-bike marketplaces we track. Asking-price data reacts faster than confirmed-sold and is what buyers actually see, so it is the same signal Autotrader’s RPI publishes. This is an asking-price series: it measures what sellers advertise, not final sale prices.
The headline is the mean asking price, matching Autotrader’s convention. We compute the median alongside and surface it if the two diverge, so a single spike never becomes the story.
Categories with fewer than 10 price observations in a period are excluded. No index point is published on thin data, and monthly moves inside a month’s margin of error are reported as flat rather than as a trend.
Our source coverage grew substantially in March 2026. To stop that showing up as a fake price move, earlier months are chain-linked to the broader panel using the overlap period, the standard technique in published price indices. Month-on-month changes are computed on the same chain-linked series the chart plots.
Retailer RRPs and new-bike retailers, trade-in and wholesale buyback quotes, non-UK sources, listings under £200, and listings our data-quality gate scored as rejected.
Indices are recomputed at the start of each calendar month. The next update is due 1 September 2026.
Read the full methodology, revision policy and known limitations →
Definitions
FAQ
We track the average advertised (asking) price of used bikes in each category across UK marketplaces. The earliest data point equals 100. A reading of 105 means average advertised prices are five percent higher than that baseline. Using the mean of asking prices mirrors the convention used by established retail price indices like Autotrader.
Used bikes advertised for sale across every UK marketplace we track. We exclude retailer RRPs and new-bike retailers, trade-in and wholesale buyback quotes, and listings under £200, so the series reflects genuine used-bike asking prices rather than new-bike pricing, parts, or frames.
Monthly. Indices are recomputed at the start of each calendar month covering the previous period.
Price shows the actual mean asking price in pounds. Index normalises to a baseline of 100, making it easy to compare relative movement across categories. Change % shows the month-on-month percentage movement.
Yes. The full monthly series for every category is available as a CSV download from this page, free to use with attribution to Cyclesite.
Supply and demand vary. Gravel bikes spike in spring. E-bikes hold steady year-round. Mountain bikes dip in winter. New model releases affect specific categories. Each market has its own dynamics.
Get an instant valuation from real UK market prices: live listings and recently sold bikes.
Based on 95,209 used-bike listings across UK marketplaces in the last 90 days, covering 1,252 brands. Asking prices from private sellers and used-bike dealers only; new-bike retail prices are excluded.
Median asking price
£587
the going rate for a used bike in the UK
The middle half of the market
£313–£1,282
25th to 75th percentile of asking prices
Listings analysed
95,209
last 90 days, UK-wide
Median asking price by brand among the most-listed marques. Pinarello, Cervélo and Santa Cruz command the highest used prices.
| Brand | Median asking price | Listings seen |
|---|---|---|
| Trek | £721 | 7,857 |
| Specialized | £620 | 7,387 |
| Giant | £721 | 6,010 |
| Cannondale | £700 | 3,651 |
| Cube |
The data
| Month | Road | Mountain | Gravel | E-bike | Hybrid | Folding | Touring |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | £1,213 (-4.7%) | £917 (-0.9%) | £1,624 (+3.5%) | £1,751 (+0.1%) | £686 (+38.3%) | £984 (-5.2%) | £514 (-22.5%) |
| Jul 2026 | £1,273 (-11.9%) | £925 (-22.9%) | £1,569 (-12.7%) | £1,750 (-4.5%) | £496 (-28.9%) | £1,037 (+83.7%) | £663 (-12.1%) |
| Jun 2026 | £1,445 (-8.0%) | £1,200 (-16.7%) | £1,797 (+2.9%) | £1,833 (-4.3%) | £697 (-6.6%) | £565 (+4.6%) | £755 (-19.6%) |
| May 2026 | £1,570 (-23.5%) | £1,440 (+37.0%) | £1,746 (-9.7%) | £1,916 (+5.0%) | £746 (-1.0%) | £540 (+5.9%) | £939 |
| Apr 2026 | £2,051 (+14.8%) | £1,051 (+7.4%) | £1,933 (+11.9%) | £1,825 (+5.5%) | £754 (+66.9%) | £510 (-36.5%) | – |
| Mar 2026 | £1,787 (+28.7%) | £979 (-16.8%) | £1,728 (+7.0%) | £1,729 (+16.4%) | £452 (-3.8%) | £803 (+43.7%) | – |
| Feb 2026 | £1,389 (-14.5%) | £1,176 (-16.5%) | £1,616 (-14.8%) | £1,485 (+11.6%) | £469 (-0.8%) | £559 | – |
| Jan 2026 | £1,624 (-19.1%) | £1,409 (+3.4%) | £1,896 (-2.1%) | £1,330 (-25.4%) | £473 (+0.9%) | – | – |
| Dec 2025 | £2,007 (+5.2%) | £1,362 (-20.7%) | £1,938 (-12.4%) | £1,783 (-3.9%) | £469 (+33.6%) | – | – |
| Nov 2025 | £1,908 (-13.6%) | £1,718 (+88.7%) | £2,212 (-2.7%) | £1,854 (-2.9%) | £351 (-12.1%) | – | – |
| Oct 2025 | £2,208 (-1.9%) | £911 (-18.9%) | £2,274 (+4.2%) | £1,910 (-27.0%) | £399 (-11.1%) | – | – |
| Sept 2025 | £2,251 (-11.1%) | £1,122 (+7.1%) | £2,183 (-26.4%) | £2,617 (+19.5%) | £449 (+39.3%) | – | – |
Download the full series (CSV) · Methodology & revisions
How to cite: Cyclesite UK Bike Retail Price Index, Aug 2026 edition. https://www.cyclesite.co.uk/bike-market-insights/price-index
| £600 |
| 2,488 |
| Boardman | £415 | 2,411 |
| Carrera | £271 | 2,300 |
| Scott | £720 | 1,808 |
| Ribble | £874 | 1,534 |
| Raleigh | £333 | 1,405 |
| Orbea | £1,195 | 1,359 |
| Pinarello | £2,831 | 1,291 |
Median asking prices of used bikes listed across UK marketplaces in the last 90 days. Used-market sources only (private-seller and used-dealer classes); new-bike retail prices excluded. Listings under £200 and over £15,000 excluded. Point-in-time snapshot; not comparable across releases because source coverage grows.
Journalists and researchers are welcome to cite these figures with attribution to Cyclesite and a link to this page. The full monthly index series is available as a CSV download, with the calculation detailed on the methodology page. For interviews, custom cuts of the data, or embargoed releases, contact press@cyclesite.co.uk.
Snapshot dated 2026-09-06. Figures refresh daily and are not comparable across releases as marketplace coverage grows.