About Us

Nigel Letty began Alchemy as a custom frame building business in the early 90’s. In those days, the Alchemy name was synonymous with hand-built alloy frames of exceptional quality. Alchemy closed it’s doors as a bicycle brand in the early 2000’s to emerge 15 years later in a new guise.

When a bike arrives in our showroom, we go through a proven process to give it the best chance of being sold at a price the buyer and seller are happy with.   To do this we go through a full Roadworthy Certification process, to ensure the bike is safe and operating well.  This Roadworthy also allows us to sell the bike with a 3 month full warranty, so the buyer has peace of mind in their purchase.  It's something that sets us apart from other second-hand dealers and private sellers.

We then clean the bike and photograph it, advertising it on a variety of websites like Bike-Exchange, Bike Chaser, Ebay, Gumtree and of course, our very own website.  We pay advertising costs on these sites so you don't have to.  Due to the reach of our online presence, we have customers all over Australia, who can have any of our bikes shipped to their door starting from $200.  Many of our bikes are also shipped internationally.  By selling your bike through us, you're able to reach customers all over the world, not just in your neighbourhood.

The only up front fee is a $100 Roadworthy which is payable at the time the bike arrives.

Once we've located a buyer for your bike (whether they be local, or anywhere else in Australia) we transfer 80% of the sale price (When above $3000) directly into your bank account. For anything under that $3000 price is purely on a negotiated basis. This means discussing the value that you're looking to receive for the bicycle and what we believe is a realistic sale price for the bike that is competitive in the marketplace.