Originally Posted by
RiddleOfSteel
Seller has dropped the price by $300. Smoked chrome is replaced by a reference to paint. Maybe he saw our yammerings about it--new price seems much more reasonable. Subtract component prices and end up with a gorgeous frame, fork, and headset for the price of a nice similar-era Paramount frameset ($600-700-ish range). Someone with more A-D knowledge can tell us how rare and desirable these Ultimas are, but I have a hunch that they are, like anything else similar, quite nice.
I wrote to him. While he appreciated my input, he tried to downplay the issues I brought up. I guess when I suggested he should do a bit of research and then list at a more realistic price, he decided lowering the price by 25% would do it. He came across as trying to play it up beyond what it is.
It's nice, but it's nothing more than a $300 bike in most markets.
DD