Originally Posted by
zukahn1
Grip shifters? Has this bike been redone as a strait bar if so that really drops the price down a lot to around $200 or less if done nicely and working well. Modified road bikes just aren't worth a lot to serious bike guys buyers for this price you want something that mostly original great shape or that has been really well rebuilt as a road bike with drops DT shifters or barends nice wheels good rubber and nicer vintage components.
+1
Flat bars on a road bike = huge turnoff for a lot of buyers, including me. This does not seem like a $450 bike to me at all, especially without being able to see pictures. Usually when the bars are changed the stem and brake levers are also changed, and that is an added expense to change it back.