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Originally Posted by 3alarmer
Yeah.......me too. I attribute this to the rise of CF and the bikes the CF guys used
to own and ride that they get tired of tripping over. Works fine for me.

I can point to a couple of Serotta's, a Cooper, and a Fuso that all found their way
to my garage for this reason, at pretty competitive prices, IIRC.


One of my friends here just bought a low mileage Cooper in really outstanding,
full Campy condition for 800 bucks, down near you. He asked me about it when
he saw the CL ad, and I advised him not to bargain.


What I personally see around me is great confusion in the sub $400 dollar steel
bike market, but some pretty good bargains in the $500 and up market.

Not universally mind you, caveat emptor and YMMV.


I wish I knew as much about fixing accordions as I do about fixing bikes.
Same here. under 150 Euro's it's a crap shoot, but great Italian steel can be had for around 400-ish up to 800 for a fully restored example by one of our "spiritual brethren" with some range toppers at 1200 or thereabouts.
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