Speak for yourself.....this households investments have done well.

It wouldnt be that expensive to build a very similar frameset.

You start with any of the 80's funny bike frames and then cut aero templates out of thin weldable steel. You'd either braze the templates in place or tack weld and then smooth it over with bondo. My brother who's skilled at all of those techniques could copy a Lazer for a few bucks in materials.

Zunow made similar aero frames in the 1980's. they are rare but when they pop up they sell for $2K-4K. Next best thing to a Cinelli Laser....

Looks like the work of tent caterpillars.

Nasty creatures, those tent caterpillars.

Here's a chance to buy a Laser Track: https://cgi.ebay.com/Cinelli-Laser-Tr...t_25383wt_1396

Absolute nonsense!

Andrea Cinelli was President of Cinelli when the Laser was unveiled. Cino was fully aware of the bike, but was enjoying retirement among his olive trees in Toscana. The bike follows through on a number of features that were very dear to Cino himself and can readily be defined as a refinement of the direction that Cino had embarked upon starting in the 60's. The bike was not designed for bike shows but rather for use in race events and was successfully used in racing for years, including for numerous record attempts.

If your stocks have appreciated as much as this Laser, you're a genius. There's a reason why banks are charging negative interest rates for their big customers right now and why the US bond auction was ridiculously low.

He never mentioned stocks..... for all we know, he's cooking crystal in the basement.

May be a good bet.

did you people see this one?

https://cgi.ebay.com/Cinelli-Laser-Pi...item3cbafcb6dd

Well, I think we can assume who is selling it:
As a bonus, the winner of this auction will be given ownership of the Cinelli Registry.

Is it just me or does it seem like who ever is selling that bike is reading this thread?

yeah I thought the same thing, or at the very least viewed the earlier ebay auction. Either way I think both would be a smart move on his part.

That reads as a burden to me, I would want a discount.

I like this one, save for the silly tilt of the seat.

Did you notice that it sold in 14 hours when a buyer pulled the trigger on the buy it now price of $15K.

It would be my guess that a lot more of these will be pulled out of garages and attics across the world in the coming months.

I'm not going to turn this into a stock market/investing thread but if I invested what the Laser cost back in 1986 (4 million lire...whats that in US dollars?) I'd have alot more than $16,600.

In 1986, the lira ranged from 1663.14/dollar to 1379.44/dollar.

So 4MM lire = $2,405.09 - $2,899.73. Or accounting for inflation, in today's money, $4717.98 - $5688.30.

So about a 600% return. On the other hand, $2.5K in a Dow indexed fund from 1986 would bring you 750%, not including any dividends.

Aren't the intrawebz an amazing thing? That took me 5 minutes. But who buys a bike as an investment? That seems silly.

And all the japanese are buying the grand cry wines as an investment. Which leaves old wonders like dependent on the cellars of noble/old money friends to enjoy them, without hoping to ever build up a nice collection myself.