Garth,
Which bike shop are you referring to? I recently moved to the area and would like to visit the shop. Thanks.
Rafael Aguilar
Key Biscayne, FL
> Today I picked up a $5.00 sweatband for my beloved
> at the bike shop. This bike shop sells some classic
> stuff. For $1,200.00 you get a beautiful Ciocc in
> 56cm blood maroon red and NOS... perfect. It comes
> with a black Concour leather saddle, tubular rims
> and a complete pantographed Campy- Ciocc groupo. It
> has the red, beige and green diamonds with a black
> Ciocc "C" on the brake levers and red, green and
> beige stripes pantographed on the rest of the
> groupo. Cinelli stem and bars, Benotto tape ---
> lovely, lovely. It is sitting right next to an up to
> the minute Drek something or other for which he is
> asking the same price.$1,200 doesn't seem that bad
> for an untouched piece of history.
>
> He is also selling a complete, 50th anniversary NOS
> Campy groupo in the box with the certificate card,
> and the added titillation is that the bottom bracket
> was made in titanium. He claims that $2,500.00 for
> this is a great bargain, and that sometimes similar
> examples go for as much as 5 grand. Seems hard to
> believe that the market could bring that because the
> pantographed groupo comes with a complete Ciocc
> bike, and the grouppo is prettier to boot. Now he
> points to the gold brake bolt and derailleur pivot
> and the history and the rarity, and I still like the
> pantographed one more, and so would just about any
> five year old you brought to the shop too.
>
> Am I missing something? The pantographed process is
> time consuming and done at the Ciocc factory, so it
> has the individual touch of the craftsman. Wouldn't
> most CR's prefer to pant over the pantograph? Garth,
> Campy ignorant in Miami, Libre
>
>
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