← All use cases

The good bikes never make it to the weekend

Bike-market truth: from April to June, a well-kept mid-range bike priced fairly is gone the same day. The seller posts it after dinner, three people write within the hour, and the Saturday browser sees only what nobody wanted.

With mxsender watching your search, you are one of the three who wrote within the hour β€” every time, without living on the marketplace.

βž•Set it up in two minutes

  1. Search by type or brand

    "Hardtail 29", "gravel bike", "Cube e-bike", "Trek Marlin" β€” whatever you are hunting. Add a price range and frame size keyword if you have one.

  2. Newest first, always

    Bike categories are heavy with promoted shop listings. Sort by date so private same-day deals top the feed.

  3. Paste the search into the bot

    mxsender confirms the monitor and starts watching. Set up separate monitors for separate types β€” road and MTB hunting do not mix well in one feed.

  4. In season, go fast

    Spring and early summer justify Instant speed (Pro). Off-season, Standard is plenty β€” the market crawls in November.

πŸ’‘Tips that make it work better

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    Put the frame size in the keyword β€” "M 29" or "54 gravel" cuts alerts to bikes that actually fit you. Wrong-size bargains are not bargains.
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    E-bikes: ask about battery health first β€” Your speed advantage earns the right to ask the key question first: cycles, range now vs. new, charger included. Battery state is 70% of an e-bike's value.
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    Buy in autumn, ride in spring β€” Flip the seasonality: run your monitor October–February with a strict price cap and pick up the winter-regret deals at their cheapest.
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Getting too few or too many alerts? Nine times out of ten it’s the sorting or the filters of the link you monitor. Read the alert-volume guide β†’

❓Frequently asked questions

Can I watch kids' bikes too? They outgrow them yearly.

Perfect use case β€” set a monitor per wheel size ("20 inch bike") and upgrade the search each year as your kid grows.

How do I avoid stolen bikes?

Being first lets you ask for purchase documents before competitive pressure builds. No receipt, freshly repainted frame, grinded serial β€” pass. Another alert will come.

Do component searches work?

Yes β€” wheelsets, groupsets, forks. Component flips are quieter than full-bike flips, so even Standard speed catches them.