Originally Posted by East Hill
Generally I would agree with froze, but you're still in a tough market. I would be quite leery of going much over $100, and that only because it's got new tyres.
Froze, those of us with short standovers don't have a lot of choice at times...that's why I have mixtes
. I'm not certain that krntourist wants a mixte, though...
East Hill
Actually on E-Bay I see a lot of short and long standover bikes for sale, it's the average standover where the rarity comes in.
You could also (assuming money is tight and you have time on your side) go to E-Bay buy a NOS frame and fork and then wait till you have more cash and go back to E-Bay and and find NOS components. Recently there was a complete Suntour Cyclone road group in the box, Cyclone stuff was extremily high quality that beat anything Shimano or Campy was doing back then, and Cyclone on E-Bay does not sell for as much as Campy especially.
There is a method of knowing whether or not a seller is any good and a method of bidding correctly, if you have questions about that repost a new question or ask on this post if interested.