Lot of 150 Vintage Racing Bikes
11-04-15, 05:09 PM
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The only thing missing from this thread, is the sound track of a bong, bubbling away in the background......
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11-04-15, 05:25 PM
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Hmmm...
No doubt the sale was done outside of E-Bay.
Perhaps one should download the photos... and just wait for the bikes and frames to start popping up on E-Bay again.
Maybe the not quite so Budget Bicycle Center snagged them.
No doubt the sale was done outside of E-Bay.
Perhaps one should download the photos... and just wait for the bikes and frames to start popping up on E-Bay again.
Maybe the not quite so Budget Bicycle Center snagged them.
11-04-15, 05:37 PM
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11-04-15, 06:45 PM
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One of the things that Sheldon propagated was an ignorant myth that Olmo biciclette was "the Schwinn of Italy." Sheldon didn't know a lot about Olmo, but at some point he became the Oracle of all things bicycle. Sheldon didn't know how to simply say he didn't know what he didn't know, in his online persona. He tried to be an authoritative voice about things even when he didn't know what the hell he was talking about.
11-04-15, 08:22 PM
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I bought my current ride in Italy years ago, rode it around Italy for a few months, then brought it back with me. I'd love to show it off at the Eroica, either as-is, or perhaps restoring it. Unfortunately, it may not meet their guidelines either.
However, I'm not sure I'd want to ship it to Europe, then ship it back to the USA. It would be so much nicer to buy a bike in Europe, head over there, collect it. Ride it for a bit, and bring it back as my +1 find. But, I'm not sure what I could find hiding in the back rooms of little shops around the country (or whatever city I land in). I'd hate to plan for a huge event, then show up empty handed, or pay 3x what something is worth because it is the only one available.
11-05-15, 04:33 PM
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@mtnbke needs a blog so that instead of dumping on bikeforums threads, he just posts a link to his blog posts.
@KonAaron Snake, is there a moral to this auction? Maybe when your collection exceeds a certain size, the value decreases because of the labor required to partition it.
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I've started to do that. Sometimes I write something and then think maybe it's worth keeping around so I blog it. Have I annoyed anyone yet?
@KonAaron Snake, is there a moral to this auction? Maybe when your collection exceeds a certain size, the value decreases because of the labor required to partition it.
@KonAaron Snake, is there a moral to this auction? Maybe when your collection exceeds a certain size, the value decreases because of the labor required to partition it.
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Yes, that's the trouble.
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11-05-15, 04:55 PM
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@KonAaron Snake, is there a moral to this auction? Maybe when your collection exceeds a certain size, the value decreases because of the labor required to partition it.
Although, something like this has enough "interest" that it can raise international attention.
If there were just 10 bikes, you probably wouldn't think about planning a trip to Europe to personally inspect them, pack them up, and ship them back to the USA.
If you think of this as bare parts, then it would have been enough to even attract some moderate sized retailers. 150 rear derailleurs of various ages. 150 front derailleurs, 300 hubs, 300 rims, 150 seats, etc.
One of the issues, of course, for the retail market is the actual purchase price of the components. Say I buy an Ultegra mini-group (shifters + derailleurs + ?) from Ribble for $300 or $350. What does the retailer, wholesaler, builder pay for that mini-group? $150? $200?
That means that the retailer would be much better off just buying new, rather than buying used and disassembling for marginal gains.
It would be interesting to see the details about an internet retailer such as TheProsCloset, although no doubt I would be sick at their tearing apart beautiful bikes
I'm trying to think of where the tipping point will be the next time a deal like this comes up. Maybe I should have jumped on the group buy bandwagon. $10K? $20K? $40K?
11-06-15, 10:05 PM
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Jeeze! Why didn't this show up while I was there in September? ;-)
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