Originally Posted by
mtnbke
The same way car collectors moved to muscle cars, C&V steel bikes are going to rapidly lose their value. Like a Model A, they are ubiquitous and not in any shape or form to be confused with real performance level bikes. Young kids and hipsters want Klein, Cannondale, Kestrel, Morgul-Bismark in the coming years.
To the cyclist that grew up on fast US aluminum and carbon any steel Colnago, Olmo, Ciocc, Masi is just lipstick on a steel pig.
See, I think this is a terrible analogy because Colnago, Pinarello, Ciocc, Merckx, et al. are the Shelby Cobra, Mustang, Baracuda, Camaro, and GTO of their day. The aluminum and carbon are more like Porsche or something. Different kind of enthusiast, but room for both. Where you might be right is that some of the Raleighs and Swchinns from then and earlier will fade off into the background like the Model T. Something intricate like a Hetchins with its intricate lugwork might hold out like a 57 chevy or something with the big fins.