Originally Posted by
wrk101
On yea old bid site it really is all about how bad do you want it. You do not see one of these very often and if you are particular on size even less often. If you have the $$ and it's exactly what you want, bid high, higher than it is worth to most of us here. It's so much easier and cheaper to be brand agnostic. Then you can find a lot more bike for a lot less $.
the one time I had to have a specific bike in a specific size, I overpaid for sure. But I looked for two years before I found one and I didn't want to wait another two years.
From my limited experience I can only gauge what I think it's worth from looking at what else is out there, take the following as examples:
Bates Vegrandis - £400
Ribble - £290
Andre Bertin PX10 - £225
The Bates and Ribble have Campagnolo gruppo apparently, Bertin mix Shimano / Simplex.
To me the Carlton with the same frame and in its condition 'seems' a decent buy, especially against the Bates at more than twice the price?