Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
Did you expect it to sell for $50? You mentioned new tires...even cheap ones are $15 each, so those alone cost $30. Was the rest of the bike really only worth $20 to you?
If $50 is all you have to spend, then it makes sense to have walked. But its a bike that bike that felt great, was fast, was light, and the frame was in good condition.
You mention wanting to find one in your size again...are you expecting it to also cost $50?
As already posted, the GP was near Univega's top end in the 80s and 90s. It seemed to change year to year but it was 2nd to 4th consistently.
Below is a '92 (if i remember correctly) that i refurbished and sold this past summer. Tange tubing, still lugged at that time, awesome paint, and Exage 500 group.
New cables and housing, tape, newer tires, and all bearings redone.
I sold it to a kid for a discount since he had worked hard to do his homework and wanted to get into roadbikes- $185.
That bike was fantastic quality and is an excellent frame to upgrade.
Shocked the seller even countered your offer. Good luck finding a $50 bike in good cosmetic and mechanical condition thats light, fun to ride, and fits you great.
Now that is a bike!! Beautiful! Your bike has the same frame as the one I looked at today. But the bike I looked at today looked absolutely nothing like what you have there except for the frame and new tires. The guy was originally asking $200. The bike I looked at today would never fetch that. If the bike I looked at today looked like the one in the pictures above I would have gladly shelled out $200 and been happy. I had $140 in my pocket I figured that was a good offer for that bike if he was asking $200. But when he rolled it out with both tires flat and all the franken parts I was pretty bummed out. I was looking for a bike that had original parts in good working condition and maybe only having to do very little to it. I am pretty much a all original kinda guy or pretty close to it. I admit the $50 was low and I was willing to go to $75 but when I asked him what he was thinking and he said $120 I knew that it wasn't meant to be.