Is this Mercier worth 100$?
04-13-07 | 04:03 AM
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Is this Mercier worth 100$?
I cant tell what the cranks are but the saddle looks nice... It is over a two hour drive. I want to talk the guy into a sweet deal. It looks it isn't reynolds steel. The tires almost look tubular. Any ideas as to the vintage and a reasonable offer? If we would sell the saddle only that would be awsome.
https://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?i...age0432kn8.jpg
https://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?i...age0432kn8.jpg
04-13-07 | 11:29 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
That's essentially a Peugeot UO-8 with half-chrome stays. I'll bet that Esge or Pletscher kickstand clamp has bent the chainstays. 
I wouldn't pay $100 for it, even if it were my size.
I wouldn't pay $100 for it, even if it were my size.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
04-13-07 | 12:11 PM
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[QUOTE=SoreFeet]I cant tell what the cranks are but the saddle looks nice... It is over a two hour drive. I want to talk the guy into a sweet deal. It looks it isn't reynolds steel. The tires almost look tubular. Any ideas as to the vintage and a reasonable offer? If we would sell the saddle only that would be awsome.
Is that the one from CL in the Bay Area?
Is that the one from CL in the Bay Area?
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04-13-07 | 02:44 PM
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Well, I don't know much about Merciers or anything really, but I think it looks great. I dig that green color -I bet it's metallic- and the high flange Normandies. The babes will run after you on that bike. And what's a hundred? It's half a dinner at a trendy restaurant, that's what.
