Who Needs Savings? Buy this Colnago Instead.
05-31-23, 11:18 AM
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Who Needs Savings? Buy this Colnago Instead.
I don't know specifics of what goes for what price but do you all think this price is justified? Should I blow a chunk of saving on this for internet bragging rights? "Colnago Arabesque Groupset 30th Anniversary. All original. 1984".
05-31-23, 11:41 AM
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For $16k US I'd want zero wear on my anodized rims.
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05-31-23, 11:49 AM
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I don't know specifics of what goes for what price but do you all think this price is justified? Should I blow a chunk of saving on this for internet bragging rights? "Colnago Arabesque Groupset 30th Anniversary. All original. 1984".
https://www.racycles.com/product/detail/10245
05-31-23, 12:12 PM
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For $16k US I'd want a nice bike AND an Alfa Romeo Milano in a matching color.
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05-31-23, 12:32 PM
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for a mere $10K, you can get a NOS bike, same color, size and group at Lakeside Cycles in Lake Oswego. I'll post pics in a bit.
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05-31-23, 01:12 PM
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Check out the C35 Ferrari pre-production prototype on ebay as well, then come back to this Arabesque and marvel "what a nice bike and its not even thaaaat expensive..."
These were never meant for normal humans...
These were never meant for normal humans...
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05-31-23, 05:07 PM
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With this Arabesque I wonder what the seller thinks they have?
05-31-23, 06:51 PM
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Apparently they had some lugs left over and made more. There is one frameset, a 57, left out of the new run. 3929.95
https://www.racycles.com/product/detail/10245
https://www.racycles.com/product/detail/10245
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05-31-23, 10:23 PM
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Cinelli Laser price tier.
folk can ask as much as they wish.
there was a nicely rechromed and repainted Cinelli SC with a 50th anniversary. Group, $12,750 at one point on CL.
headset was mangled by a mechanic with the wrong tools. Anguish.
folk can ask as much as they wish.
there was a nicely rechromed and repainted Cinelli SC with a 50th anniversary. Group, $12,750 at one point on CL.
headset was mangled by a mechanic with the wrong tools. Anguish.
05-31-23, 11:47 PM
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Who needs savings? Buy this Colnago instead.
06-01-23, 10:33 AM
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Depending on the model at the least you could double your money right now if you were to sell it. 80's and 90's 911's are going for ludicrous money right now.
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06-01-23, 12:27 PM
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I should go up and see it. Too bad I have no bikes with Super Record. One kind of doesn't exist in that store if they don't... [says the man with much Dura-Ace] Bike Gallery (now a Trek store exclusively, no BG name out front) has been a good place. Nice guys last time I rolled in there.
06-01-23, 12:32 PM
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Same but a Honda S20--oh, er, um, ok, those are a lot more expensive now.......MX5 Miata with some foam shaved out of the seat bottom to fit me better under the cloth top. Tall people problems...
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06-01-23, 03:21 PM
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OK. back to the main program: overpriced Colnago bikes.
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06-01-23, 09:44 PM
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a high price for a less than museum condition example
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