1984 Pinarello Montello with Campagnolo 50th Anniversary

[colnagolover]

Classic bikes -like classic cars - have their price. Unfortunately this beauty is beyond my meagre shekels (much as a Ferrari 250GT is also out of reach) but if I won the national lottery, I'd snap it up in spite of my undiluted admiration for Ernesto and his products but, if the lottery came up, at my age I'd probably buy a suitably retro Bentley instead of the Ferrari (easier to get in and out :facepalm: )

 

[Deleted member 24574]

Bike is still for sale; I was wondering about the price so I priced out all the items. If you put some of these components in to eBay you will find that typically the figures I have used are well below what people are asking on eBay; that is even if you are lucky enough to be able to find them ... anyway; here is my breakdown. This also works on the assumption that there is no fee for the considerable time put in. I am reluctant to break the bike and sell the bits but looking at it I would probably make more ... 　 any takers?

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[Chapeau! Velo]

Re:

Pricing is very subjective and so is desirability. Sadly the sum of the individual parts + effort rarely equates to the final value (or rather selling price) of a bike. Classic cars are the same, ground up restos using original or reconditioned parts and the endless time and effort to do it is rarely reflected in its final 'value'

For what it's worth (which isn't much) I don't think there is anything wrong with the price to a serious collector. eBay is probably the place to find that person as folks on here tend to enjoy the journey of building / restoring their bikes so a finished article probably has less appeal here owing to limited scope for 'tinkering'

 

[Deleted member 24574]

Yeah. It's also on EBay.

I'm not going to give it away, if needed I will break it and sell the bits.

But I'd rather sell complete given the effort to build it.