Jan wrote:
"Speaking of rare, does anybody want a VG condition set of Campy Victory cranks? When did you last see one of those, compared to NR? Does that mean it's worth more? Add that it is a really smart design, with a smaller BCD that allows rings down to 36, long before today's compact cranks became popular, that it even can be set up as a triple, that it is quite lightweight, and it should be a desirable classic!"
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I stand corrected. Jan's right. Rarity must be paired with desirability. I guess I just assumed that pairing without stating it outright.
And Jan's comment above is a practical example of one without the other...if, for the sake of argument, the Victory cranks are not as common as NR cranks (although Campagnolo must have made a pile of Victory cranks for all those price-point bikes), then they should be more desirable. There's just one problem: They're really ugly. One of the ugliest cranks I ever saw in my life. And I suspect I'm not alone, since it seems almost impossible to GIVE these cranks away.
So, there ya go. No accounting for taste. Again.
Charles "tasteful sometimes, tasteless other times" Andrews SoCal