Originally Posted by
ldmataya
.....start wondering what it is like to do their hundred miler on a 50 year old bike. Their love of cycling and general curiosity ought to guarantee it. Its one of the main reasons I ride a C&V at every possible group ride opportunity.
This caught my attention. Had not really tied that into the equation but like many hobbies that do go mainstream, there is always that next cool level of doing something so it does make good sense.
For the (C) record :-) I agree on the prices. Regarding C record and grail bikes, I guess I did not factor in that although there is more super record and standard record, the actual bikes seem to be higher value in most cases for the 70s when there were less built and more were directly hand made by the builder. C Record does top the mid? 80's IMO if your bike was built then. I wonder if the future cool kids will be putting C Record on newer high end bikes or customs as the preference. It does have some futuristic qualities.