Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
I don't know how collectible any vintage road bikes are really. Current selling prices are a small fraction of what they cost originally. It's not hardly like vintage stratocasters. Probably the main reason they seem collectible now is that they were very expensive, and some people remember that. For example a Masi GC cost 10x what a Motobecane Mirage did.
That's an interesting point. Usually when you talk about hot collectibles, they are worth much more than their original value - quite often to a ridiculous amount. Other than a few odd balls, that's not true of bikes.
If you had bought a late 70s or early 80s Colnago etc., kitted it out with Nuovo Record, stored it away and now sold it, you probably wouldn't get what you paid for it. Not even thinking about inflation.
Although I guess that doesn't affect that some bikes are still more collectible than others.