Just like most other harder to find items in C&Vdom....everything's gone up by at least double of what they were being priced at just around 3, 4 years ago......
It does not help when some of the C&V bikes and parts sellers out there like BBC and Pb*bikes had been stubbornly trying to set such ridiculous high price milestones on a lot of their stuff at eBay......then everyone else tries to follow the piper.....
Gone are the days of NOS 40 buck Mavic handlebars, 60 buck cyclone MkII derailleurs, 80 buck Mavic SSC derailleurs...etc...etc..etc.. And that follows through with high line (mostly steel) bikes....
But I guess If someone's out there is willing to pay their prices, you can't blame them....
JMOs

Chombi