Peavey

Hello folks,
This bike has barely been ridden. I blew out a knee before I ever got to ride it much. I could not part with it because it was so gorgeous. It has moved with me over these past 30+ years, but I'm thinking of letting it go. Just curious what you all think this would fetch on the open market.

The dealer was in San Jose Ca area. I recall they had 2 Serotta frame models, one race geometry and one touring geometry. This is the race model. I measured about 65 cm center of crank to top of seat tube. I’m 6’5”. So that might limit the market a bit, unless someone just wants something beautiful to look at!

Thanks in advance for your thoughts. If I did it right, you should be able to see pictures in my image gallery.

jiangshi

Wow!

Go to
https://forums.thepaceline.net/index.php

for accurate information.
That is the original Serotta forum

francophile 

Pic assist here. Link to gallery: https://www.bikeforums.net/g/album/20908377

This is a beaut. This is easily a $800 - $1,000 bike IMO, possibly hard to sell b/c you'd need to be 6'6" or larger to ride it, it appears.. Some key pics:

Mr. 66

More of a guess than anything else. With the two bottle mounts, the over the bb cable guides, and clamp front derailleur, I will say 1984.

TakingMyTime

That is a beautiful bike. Although the size is going to limit the amount of people looking at it.... you find the right person and I don't see you having too much of a problem getting $1000 for it.

Peavey

Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.

Peavey

Thank you for the feedback and the pic assist. Looking back of course I could have gone with a more reasonable size frame. Resale value was the last thing on my mind back then lol.

Peavey

I was trying to remember exactly what job I had at that time, where I lived, etc. 1984 might be right on the money. Thanks for the feedback.

Peavey

Great, thanks for the feedback. I hear ya, regarding the frame size. Maybe they'll want to hang it up. The blue color is really stunning, still.

repechage

Nice bike.
the shop I worked for in the middle 80’s sold them. Clean, tidy, understated, the loud bought a Landshark.

trouble is, tall guys are cheap.
$1,000 is reasonable but could take a long time to find the buyer.
slightly more to ship due to the size too.

probably could get as much bottom line selling the frame set and the group set separately.
how it is.

Peavey

Tall guys are cheap?! HOW DARE YOU.

repechage

just How it is, think of the bell curve distribution of height- more demand in the 55-57 cm range.

Peavey

Or course, that makes a lot of sense, more demand for 55-57 cm range. If by "cheap" you meant "scarce" I agree. Otherwise, ya lost me.

francophile 

There are some tall guys on BikeForums who'll pay top dollar for a bike in their size and this pristine condition, so don't sell yourself short.

You may want to (a) make enough replies to get you up to 10 posts, then (b) consider dropping a couple bucks on a 1-month membership here and (c) listing this one over in the C&V Sales Forum.

I would start your list over there at $1,100 OBO. But that's just me. I realize it may be counterintuitive to post at an enthusiast forum, because we're actually probably the ones most-critical on pricing, but I think with the obscurity of the condition with the obscurity of the size, you may actually find a compromise.

If nothing else, you know the bike is going to be appreciated. You may need to cede a C-note or two to compromise on shipping this, but you may also manage a near-local sale. Several of us on here will drive (and have driven) 6+ hours for the right bike.

Lots of members here live in the PAC NW area for sure...

nesteel 

It's all about proportions and body geometry. 65cm center to top puts it at about 63.5-64cm c-c which, at barely over 6' with a long legs/short torso combo, is at the very tippy top of my "ridable" range.

francophile 

Smidge over 6’ here but abnormally long arms and average torso + legs/inseam. It’s a stretch for me to ride 62 CTT, I can’t imagine riding 65 CTT, but as you said, geometry. My first inclination is to expect someone needing to be at least 6’4 and normal proportions to ride this moderately comfy (if 65 CTT) and ideal rider height to be 6’5-6’6.

repechage

Very tall bikes sell frequently at a discount.
my theory is that many were sold "too big" a bike, consumers are smarter now, more reference resources.
These are C&V bikes, an upper tier bike will appeal to a sophisticated buyer most often.
The result is that in this size range, there are more bikes than buyers.
The result, tall guys can be cheap, there will be another along soon enough.
If there is very strong demand for the marque, sure, but in this case, Serotta is a good name, a racing focused design, but not a huge following.
A great bike for the bargain hunter who can straddle it.
if low enough in price, it will go as a parts donor.
Why I admitted, parting out would get more return than as a whole bike.

Peavey

Thanks for the additional feedback. I will definitely consider listing it here.