On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 11:21AM, Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com> wrote:
>i fully agree and also feel this supports the higher prices charged
>for some of the rare and small bits that are part of the 'vintage'
>habit. as i wrote offlist yesterday, most of these things were of
>no value 10 years ago. you couldn't GIVE most of the NR & SR spares
>and parts away once the late 80s passed.
Too true, which is the reason I've never paid more than $200 for a full Campy bike. Many shops in the late 80s literally dumped large stocks of Campy and Simplex parts to make room for new stuff. To take the foresight thought one more step. Had you taken the $500 you would have spent on the Paramount new and put it in IBM stock 30 years ago you could have paid the $2500 with just interest. Had you taken the $500 and put it into Schwinn stock you'd be SOL today. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives SB, CA ++++++++++++++++++++ Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done. --Gil Scott-Heron-- ++++++++++++++++++++