Originally Posted by velocidad

yes i indeed asked for a drop. i lowballed at 300 figuring he'd meet me somewhere in the middle...he didn't budge at all. it's all used in there from a lifetime of collecting and trade-ins. he'd only deal it down $100 if he swapped out the campy record hubs for something else. given that its at least a 20yr old bike and i know that he would only oil her up if i did buy, i could be buying more work than it appears. The owner is a LBS french dude who is notorious for being nuts. he has sooo many used bikes in his shop that its a fire hazard just being in there...seriously.

I just spoke to another LBS and they have an argon18 kid size for $500 brand new. i think that's the winner as i'll get better return on resale when its near brand new when she outgrows it.