$1950.50 at 15 minutes...

Eddie Merckx and the Ebay seller are laughing all the way to the bank. Sizzle sells.

J

It is just my frugal side speaking, I am not much of a collector.
I realize there is a reason for the spike in price. Any one bidding can do an ebay search like I did, so I figured there was a difference between the two.
I am just saying I would rather have the less desirable orange in this case because I am sure it has a fantastic ride :thumb:.

-Jake

Of course not.

Did that bike - that decal - race on the tour?

J

I bet all of us are watching the last 3 minutes elapse right now.....

LOL! Nearly $2,500. Yikes!

I thought we were talking about the Ebay bike. I stand by my statement.

J

Last statement. Raise your hands. Who will spend $2500 on this bike in lieu of a fine $300 example of a 87-89 Circuit frame?

J

Me, if I had the money and wanted it. Why? Because of what it is.

You evade the question, BBM. If frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their butts hopping.

J

What's the question? If both were sitting in front of me, and both were the right size, I'd take the Merckx and pay the money.

There you go with "if" again. The question is clear.

You'd pay $2500 for that particular bike in your size? With the damage shown?

Not only is the auction full of emotion, so is this thread.

J

Neither did any of us.

Having owned a couple of columbus tubed schwinns, I can say that they are very nice and underrated/underpriced for what they are.

That said, an EM like that one is just on another level. The reason it sold for so much is because there are lots of experienced cyclists that, someday, want to build a steel bike. They will buy the best steel frame they can and not really care how much they pay. Yes $2400 for that frame is a lot, let's call it $2700 with a fresh paint job.

Say you already have a specialized tarmac and who knows what else, and just want the best steel frame money can buy, these are the frames you look at.

That or you have some collector in Japan snatching stuff like this up.

Buying a circuit over an EM would be like buying a mitsubishi evo instead of a ferrari f360. Sure, it's almost as good in most measurable ways and costs significantly less, but if you have the extra money, why?

Let us not forget, we belong to a forum to which members routinely brag about their dumpster finds and complain about the price of extremely rare parts made of unobtainium. Probably not the best place to be discussing the "value" of a collectable bicycle, regardless of its pedigree or history.

If you have the money and want the bike, then buy it. If not, move down the block to the next dumpster and see what it has to offer.

No, people have lost touch with the value of the dollar.

Of course.

Except. I would like for someone to define what "another level" is. As far as I can tell it simply means "I like it better". Or, a bunch of other people 'like it better" so I'll go along with the crowd.

And if one is careful, one could see that I never compared a Circuit with a Merckx in any respect.

J



QUOTE=mazdaspeed;11497636]Having owned a couple of columbus tubed schwinns, I can say that they are very nice and underrated/underpriced for what they are.

That said, an EM like that one is just on another level. The reason it sold for so much is because there are lots of experienced cyclists that, someday, want to build a steel bike. They will buy the best steel frame they can and not really care how much they pay. Yes $2400 for that frame is a lot, let's call it $2700 with a fresh paint job.

Say you already have a specialized tarmac and who knows what else, and just want the best steel frame money can buy, these are the frames you look at.

That or you have some collector in Japan snatching stuff like this up.

Buying a circuit over an EM would be like buying a mitsubishi evo instead of a ferrari f360. Sure, it's almost as good in most measurable ways and costs significantly less, but if you have the extra money, why?[/QUOTE]

Hang on a sec.... lemme get my snack.....

Come on...

He compared the EM to a Schwinn AND a pile of money.

You can keep the Schwinn...I'll take the pile of money.

Explain.

J

I'm not getting sucked into this. The elephant in the room here is the simple fact that most of us can't afford $2400 to spend on a frame, but the ones that can are saying they would buy it over a cheaper, but still nice frame.

Nope - you're right. Not with that damage.

But I wouldn't buy the Schwinn, either - even if it was perfect. I'd just keep looking.

Here's the deal.

Doesn't matter if the purchase was speculation or if they used to have one way back when.

They wanted the EM at any price.

That's how the market works.

We'll go around and around for another day on this thread, but ultimately, somebody won the bike, and that was the frame's worth to them.

I like it when some of these prices pop up there again.

Helps me eventually when I clean out the bike attic and send another one on their way. :)

Not a single HONEST man on this forum has said he would unequivocally pay $2500 for the Ebay bike in question.

J