How do you know youre not buying a used bike lemon?

Published: Jan. 31, 2022, 7:55 a.m.

Former MTB pro Nick Martin started The Pro\u2019s Closet out of the back of his old VW van 16 years ago, and now it\u2019s a multi-million dollar operation with nearly 200 employees, a monstrous warehouse, and roughly 2000 used bikes for sale on any given day.\nTPC\u2019s ace-in-the-hole is its Certified Pro-Owned program, which promises you\u2019re getting a used bike that\u2019s been fully inspected, serviced, safe, and ready to go \u2014 and it even comes with a 30-day return policy.\nThe CPO thing has worked wonders for the used car industry, but does this it sense for used bikes? In this uncertain world we\u2019re living in these days, maybe a little certainty is what we need.