Originally Posted by
Crossthreaded88
Chain may be able to be saved the seat is a Lycra mess. It was born high end $900 MSRP in '93 I'd say that's high end. I did get it cheap that's what I meant to imply. Brooks seat, Schwabe tires, and decent chain, cables and wrap is $250 or so. Don't want to cheap out and a LBS takeoff is out of the question like shopping at Pep Boys for tires for a Ferrari. Should be able to get $1000 to $1500 in Cali marketplace.
More than a huge following according to the Sheldon Brown site "Cult" following and only 1500 made in 1993 also from SB site.
I disagree that it must be high end bits. These bikes have a following but I don't know $1000+ is possible especially if you have to ship it. If it was me I'd strip it to frame and clean and wax it and clean all the parts. The cable housings should be lined so, if they clean up nicely, just good quality wires are needed. A good take off seat and some decent skinwall tires and I think your in business with a good looking functional bike that will sell well but it is a still a bit of a blank slate to Bridgestone fan. Did these even come with a Brooks as OEM?
You might think it looks smashing with a honey colored Brooks saddle and bar tape and spendy cotton tires but to a potential buyer the Brooks might mean an uncomfortable ride. If you were a novice that always wanted one of these would you rather pay $500 for a rideable bike that you can fiddle with and change things or a $1000 for one that someone else tricked out and isn't really what you had in mind?
Face it, things could be worse eh?
Pic from the interwebs, not the OP's bike
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