Great fun, Aldo! Without quibbling about details, what surprised me is that the component prices seem to be generally within 50% one way or the other of the current prices for the same stuff, used in decent condition. Biggest discrepancies seem to be the self-destructing parts, like gum hoods.
As an exception, the Richard-no-relation-Sachs framesets seem to have increased in value substantially, but even there I remember a list-member's complete bike of about that vintage going for ~$1000. Of course, IIRC, it was an eagerly sought, highly unusual, brown, with a melange of mid-range components. And I don't think $400 today is a terribly unusual price for very nice frames of the vintage from other US builders.
harvey sachs mcLean va ++++++++++++++++ Aldo Ross wrote: It's Friday evening, so let's assemble a bike... retail prices from the 1982 International Pro catalog:
Richard Sachs custom frameset, $450.00 Campy Record headset, $28.95 (spare fork race, $6.95) Cinelli 1A stem, $21.95 Cinelli handlebars, all models, $16.95 Tressostar cloth tape, $0.98/roll Velox bar plugs, $0.98/pair Campy Record brakes, $109.95 (spare lever gums, $8.95/pair) Campy shift levers, $11.95 Campy Nuovo Record front der, $25.95 Campy Super Record rear der, $74.95 Campy Record crankset, $109.95 Campy Nuovo Record bb, $32.95 Campy Record pedals, $48.95 Christophe steel toe clips, $3.95/pair Binda Extra laminated toe straps, $7.50/pair Campy Record seatpost, $26.95 Brooks Pro saddle, $32.95 Campy Record hubset, $67.95 Fiamme Red Label rims, $9.95 each DT 14/15/14 gauge spokes, $0.25/each Clement Crit Seta tubulars, with mixed or file tread, $32.95/each Tubasti, $0.98/tube Regina Oro fw, $15.95 Regina Oro chain, $11.95 T.A. steel bottle cages, $3.95 each T.A. plastic bottles with TdF caricatures, $2.25 each Campy steel pump head, $5.95 Huret Multito odometer, $8.95 Bluemels plastic fenders, $12.95
Aldo Ross
BlueBall, Ohio