Originally Posted by
Kabuki12
I have sold five bikes in the last 12 months. I got really good deals on most of the bikes I own so , fortunately , I haven’t lost any money. What I gained was years of riding and enjoying the bikes while I owned them . I let them go cheap and 3 of them were very high end , original , good condition ( actually excellent ) bikes. It is getting harder to sell vintage road bikes , the last two were almost give away cheap. I think I am to the point of just selling the Campagnolo stuff and giving the frames away!
parting out is an old problem, long ago John Barron of Velostuf was bummed he could sell a NOS LeJeune a la carte for much more than complete. CV-6 eventually purchased it.
good for him to keep it as a bike.
today with the cost to ship, parts are much less money to send. Whole bikes are expensive. Frames and complete wheels can even cost much more than they once did.