Originally Posted by
gugie
As for the classic car comparison, if it had as much rust and missing paint as this Cinelli, would you just wax it up say leave it as is?
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Fully restored Cinellis are some of the few classic bikes that get a pass from C&V aficionados. Been that way for years.
Originally Posted by
gugie
We all know that there's no way you can recover your investment in a restore. I'd recommend the restore to the OP, mainly because it would be interesting and cool to see it done, and it ain't my money ;-)
My point is that almost no one would pay more for this Cinelli in it's current state over one that was repainted. Strip it down to a bare frame to remove the parts from the equation. That tells me that most people would prefer it restored.
I'm pretty certain that the market would tell us that most people would prefer it restored over the way it is now. If it were nearly mint, I'd say no, but this is nowhere near mint.
Originally Posted by
gugie
Yep! I moved to Portland from the Bay Area, won't be long before this place gets really ridiculous.
I'm hoping that the cost of living starts to really drive a population movement to what are now considered rustbelt cities - Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, etc. There are some really cool, old neighborhoods just waiting for rebirth.
I take that partially back. My wife has been to Pittsburgh recently, and tells me that the downtown area looks pretty nice, reminds her of Portland, but it's cheaper.
$100k for a family of 4 is considered "LOW INCOME" in San Francisco!
Moved from Pgh at the beginning of the 70's. Population = 607k. Steel industry was tanking, so was the rest of the rust belt. Today's Pgh population = 305k.
In those 40+ years 3 generations of Yinzers moved to greener pastures. Because of local universities - CMU, Pitt etc. there's been a growth in high tech industries plus an influx of new talent stabilizing the population.
In Pgh, you can still buy a place for $5k!
BTW. Youngstown, OH is almost a burb of Pgh.. and Cleveland.
Chas.