Originally Posted by
Spaghetti Legs
First off that Turbo saddle is hot (!) and probably, outside of the frame, the most valuable component on the bike. I’ve never seen that color Turbo before and you get extra points for matching with the frame. I believe that is a Corsa Extra in Team Teve Blad color way. Kelme I believe is mostly purple-ish with some green.
As far as value, I give yours points for a team color, the nice saddle and uniform groupset. Dura Ace, although very commonly used on these bikes, doesn’t command as much as a high end Campy group. Points off for the wheels as they look a little worn. If you’ve been lingering around here, you might have seen that vintage bike prices are in the cellar these days, so yours I think would fetch somewhere $750 to maybe $1000 with a better wheelset, whereas 2-3 years ago this might have been $1200-1300 bike.
Thats a cool bike and Im sure, if you like a good racing bike, that you’ll enjoy it. My experience with most of my bikes is that they are worth more to me than what I could sell it for. Somebody wants to pay me only $500 for this dream machine? Screw that!
In the 1986 and 1987 seasons Kelme and TeVe Blad had identical "camo". In 1988, Kelme kept the pattern, turning red to green. Lotto 1988 took over the TeVe pattern, changing the shade of red to fuchsia / purple-ish.