I agree Robbie... I have two such spawn myself, who think much the same way. For them that will be the bike consumers of the future, it may be that C&V bikes will compete with newly built, simple, functional city commuter bikes. And within the same equation that's calculated now... is this C&V bike a better buy for me? For some, the hard-to-quantify vintage-ness may be the decider, for others, the decider may be that a new bike might be less hassles (because new comes with a warranty). That being the case, a super nice vintage ride may not have much more value than something mid or even a lower bike-shop-quality bike.