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Old 11-17-08 | 05:20 PM
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Is a $150 for NOS Suntour Sprint components (shifter and derailleurs) in new condition a deal? It's the correct components for my Panasonic and I'm seriously considering it. I just don't know if it's a reasonable price. Don't give me that "It's worth what you're willing to pay" crap, I just wanna know if it's a good deal or not. I've seen the individual components for cheaper, but, never in such good condition.
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Old 11-17-08 | 05:25 PM
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But, that is the answer. It's worth what you are willing to pay. For example, I wouldn't pay $10 for a Varsity. Others would happily pay that. So for me, the $10 Varsity is not a deal but to someone else it is.
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Old 11-17-08 | 06:13 PM
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Here

https://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Suntour-Spri...3A1|240%3A1318

is a recently completed auction of a NOS sprint group--derailers and shifters. No takers at 140 auction, 145 buy it now.

Sprint was #2 at Suntour, just below Superbe.

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Old 11-17-08 | 06:27 PM
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Sprint is good stuff...I bought a group in about 1984 and raced it for a couple of seasons. I seem to recall that the dealer cost on that was about $200 or so. Are the parts really nnnnnnew? or are they just sorta ebay nnnew?
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Old 11-17-08 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Amani576
Is a $150 for NOS Suntour Sprint components (shifter and derailleurs) in new condition a deal? It's the correct components for my Panasonic and I'm seriously considering it. I just don't know if it's a reasonable price. Don't give me that "It's worth what you're willing to pay" crap, I just wanna know if it's a good deal or not. I've seen the individual components for cheaper, but, never in such good condition.
Thanks.
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Is it the Suntour "Spirt" that was on the older Raleighs, etc, or a newer indexed version? I lost my Suntour chart. See where the GPX lines up in that order, and PM me.
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Old 11-17-08 | 06:32 PM
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but, that is the answer. It's worth what you are willing to pay. For example, i wouldn't pay $10 for a varsity. Others would happily pay that. So for me, the $10 varsity is not a deal but to someone else it is.
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Old 11-17-08 | 06:34 PM
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Anything from NOS Bicycle Shop is about double what it's worth, unless you have to have it.
For example, their Suntour GPX complete group has been sitting there at $599 for a couple of years.
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Old 11-17-08 | 07:10 PM
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w/o crankset and pedals: over priced. unless you're trying to build up a near NOS bike that was originally spec'ed with sprint I'd pass. The guys at NOS Bicycle Shop are nice, I've emailed them a number of times, but yeah, they want what they want for the gear and rarely come down from it.
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Old 11-17-08 | 09:34 PM
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Alright, guys. , thanks alot. Honestly, though... I thought that complete GPX group

Alright, guys, thanks alot. Honestly, though.. I thought that complete GPX group seemed like a deal. Evidentally it's not as much of one as I thought. Ah well. Thanks for keeping me from spending way too much on it all. My Panasonic can wait for its OE stuff, I really just wanna ride it soon.
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