Originally Posted by markwebb
If you're on eBay and you see Tange or Ishiwata tubing - that's not really an asset for selling the bike the same way 531 or SL/SLX is - I never equated this to riding - only to resell value..
Point taken.
Originally Posted by markwebb
As far as junk I did say Presta valves don't indicate anything - There's a lot of pure junky old bikes with presta.
True enough, but turn it around - most bicycles that are desireable have them. Unless you're into Schwinn's or old 3-speeds, you can walk past most anything with Schraeder valves.