DrewSavage
Retro Guru
Please forgive my ignorance as a relative newcomer to the world of retro bikes - I've always had old bikes but only got interested in frames and components in the last couple of months.
I''m developing the theory that certain brands of components and frames carry a bit of a premium in the secondhand market (especially on eBay) because the company that made them is still around and producing decent quality gear today like, say, Campagnolo, Mavic or Cinelli.
Whereas I'm guessing that there may be other marques whose products may have been of similar quality, back in the day, that either went bust or got bought out. A couple of the bikes I've bought have Weinmann brakes, and I've seen names mentioned like Huret, SunTour, Pelissier, Mafac and Dia Compe yet I've only a limited idea where they sit in the scheme of things.
Is there anything that's worth looking out for? Presumably anything properly high-end will always command decent prices, so I guess anything mid-range or above would suffice...
I''m developing the theory that certain brands of components and frames carry a bit of a premium in the secondhand market (especially on eBay) because the company that made them is still around and producing decent quality gear today like, say, Campagnolo, Mavic or Cinelli.
Whereas I'm guessing that there may be other marques whose products may have been of similar quality, back in the day, that either went bust or got bought out. A couple of the bikes I've bought have Weinmann brakes, and I've seen names mentioned like Huret, SunTour, Pelissier, Mafac and Dia Compe yet I've only a limited idea where they sit in the scheme of things.
Is there anything that's worth looking out for? Presumably anything properly high-end will always command decent prices, so I guess anything mid-range or above would suffice...