Used bikes and VAE e-bikes on leboncoin via Telegram

Turn one leboncoin bike search into a Telegram chat that shows you each new vélo or VAE as it appears, so you can message the seller ahead of the weekend crowd.

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Set up the bike search on leboncoin

Open the Vélos category and type what you are after, such as „VTT 29“, „vélo de route 56“ or „VAE Shimano Steps“. Pick your town and a radius you would travel for a test ride, cap the price, filter to Particulier if you want private sellers only, and sort the list with the most recent ads on top.
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Hand the results page to MXSender

Copy the page address, paste it into MXSender and pick Telegram; email can run alongside on the same search. Keep a mountain bike hunt and a city e-bike hunt as two searches, so each chat thread stays readable.
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New listings land in your Telegram

Read the cards as they land

Every new ad shows up as a card with its photo, title, asking price and a button straight to the listing. A hashtag per search keeps several hunts apart in one chat, and a search you mute arrives without a sound, on phone and desktop.
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Paste the leboncoin search link you want watched — we’ll check we can read it, then set up your alerts.

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Which questions settle a used VAE in France

A vélo à assistance électrique is mostly worth its battery. Ask for the capacity in watt-hours, the age of the pack, today’s real range compared with new, and whether a shop has ever run a diagnostic. Confirm that the charger and the battery key are part of the sale and note which motor brand is fitted.

Because the card reaches you early, you have time to ask all of that politely before anyone else books the viewing. Evasive answers are an answer too.

Proof of ownership for a second-hand vélo

Bikes get stolen a lot in France, and a share of them resurface online. Before money changes hands, ask to see the original facture and the marking number engraved on the frame, a Bicycode-style gravage, and check that the two line up. A filed or painted-over number is your cue to leave.

Meet in person, ideally at the seller’s address, ride the bike, look at the brakes, chain and rims, and pay only once you are happy. Never send a deposit to someone you have not met.

Why a Telegram chat suits a bike hunt in spring

In April and May, a fairly priced city e-bike from a private seller often collects a pile of messages on its first evening. The buyer who opens leboncoin on Saturday sees leftovers. A Telegram card buzzes on the phone you already carry, so you reply from the bus stop rather than days later.

You can forward a card to the friend who owns a car with a bike rack, and the photo, price and link travel with it.

Sizes, wheels and the plan that fits

Put the frame size and the wheel diameter in your search words, since many sellers write them in the title: S, M or L, or centimetres, plus 26, 27.5 or 29 inch. Skip colour and model year; they hide good bikes.

leboncoin has its own saved searches with alerts, and they work in their own way. With MXSender your plan sets the pace: Free checks one search every 30 minutes, Starter at $5.99 checks five every 10 minutes, Pro at $14.99 runs twenty with the fastest checks. Telegram and email come with every plan.