NOS Shimano XTR M900 crankset

[Major22]

How much? :shock:


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOS-Shimano-XTR-M ... 41577b6288

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

Is that really much different than the top of the line crank at this link? Both top of the line cranks and at least you get a third chainring with the XTR crank Guess it's all about perspective. I'm guessing the guy at pb bikes knows there aren't many left floating around NOS and has probably seen some of the prices some have recently sold at.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... FAQ8wIwBg#

 

[merckx]

very nice cranks. crazy price though. and 170mm, midgets only need apply.

 

[Barneyballbags]

Wowzer :shock:

You could buy a used one, polish it to within an inch of it's life, stick some new decals on and pimp it out with fancy coloured ano bits and STILL have change for the matching mechs.

Retrobikes make people crazy!

 

[thel33ter]

Also a similar price to the new 10s xtr. But is it worth that much? No. then again, I don't think any xtr kit is worth it

http://www.google.com/m/products?source ... r+10+crank

 

[merckx]

first ride, rock flicks up, shoe buffs decal, take 450 dollars depreciation off purchase price....

 

[Major22]

Is that really much different than the top of the line crank at this link? Both top of the line cranks and at least you get a third chainring with the XTR crank Guess it's all about perspective. I'm guessing the guy at pb bikes knows there aren't many left floating around NOS and has probably seen some of the prices some have recently sold at.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... FAQ8wIwBg#

Maybe it's not that different, or maybe it is, but I think that these very high prices for nos stuff, especially xtr cranks seems to have become much more common. And even though both are top of the line cranks, you do get a better one for the money, performance-wise, with the modern one.. Then again our retro-hobby isn't all that much about performance as it is about something else. Don't know, perhaps these nos prices will be, or has already become, the new norm, although they seem through the roof right now. Nos xtr cranks are getting rarer by the month like you say...although I'm sure german collectors are still sitting on a big load of them

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

Wowzer :shock:
You could buy a used one, polish it to within an inch of it's life, stick some new decals on and pimp it out with fancy coloured ano bits and STILL have change for the matching mechs.

Seriously? All you'd be left with is a polished turd with worn out chainrings. I suppose it would be all right if the bikes not a rider.

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

first ride, rock flicks up, shoe buffs decal, take 450 dollars depreciation off purchase price....

No different than driving a brand new car off the dealers lot.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

170mm, midgets only need apply

... because a 3% variation in leg length takes us from Joe Normal into pygmy territory?