|   OMG!!! Check this out on ebay... (not mine) | gspot
Jan 7, 2004 2:00 PM | | old bianchi....
check it out... it is not mine.. if I had this, I would not sell it...
quickly... it ends soon...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=22681&item=3651186470 |
| wow, that is nice! (nm) | laffeaux
Jan 7, 2004 2:09 PM | | |
| I saw that also.... | Dave Hickey
Jan 8, 2004 4:32 AM | | Very cool bike except you'd have to make a fixie out of it unless you want the downtube "Bianchi" to be obscured by the shifters. Either way it's a very cool frame...... |
| pretty cool; too big for me, though nm | DougSloan
Jan 8, 2004 3:09 PM | | |
| What a crime ... | Humma Hah
Jan 9, 2004 9:50 AM | | ... to leave that bike in the wrapper for 40+ years!
Now, I certainly hope the new owner takes that #$#! paper off and takes it out for some exercise! I'm sure they'll try to keep it looking like new, but I hope that doesn't mean it will just be a piece of wall art, or worse yet, stored away never to see the light of day, only to be auctioned off periodically to another collector. |
| That brings up a good question | laffeaux
Jan 9, 2004 10:41 AM | | Suppose you had a bike that was semi-collectable, and in absolutely mint condition (i.e. 10 year old NOS bike). Would you:
1) Never ride it.
2) Only ride it when the weather was perfect.
3) Ride it like it was any other bike. |
| Or ride it but take better care of it than a beater ... | Humma Hah
Jan 9, 2004 4:07 PM | | This particular bike is an interesting case: it ain't original paint, or even CORRECT paint, but it is FACTORY paint. That probably drops its value as a museum collectable, but means its a mint prize for someone who appreciates it.
If it were mine, I'd ride it on special rides when there was no exceptional risk, where I could keep an eye on it, and the rest of the time it would hang in a protected environment, cleaned and waxed. Which is more or less what I do with the Paramount. |
| Crime ?.....Au contraire!.....It's a time capsule...nm | bicyclerepairman
Jan 9, 2004 12:36 PM | | |
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