I'm a little puzzled by the price also. I have a Superleicht which I like despite the disproportionately long top tube, but A-D/Puch have never been a very highly regarded marque in the US. Maybe the buyer was really mostly after the black first generation Dura Ace gruppo.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
wilsonjw50@aol.com wrote:
marc garcia wrote: >I believe this bike may have been mentioned on the list earlier this week, an austro daimler vent noir. Is 1200.00 a record price? I don't ever remember
seeing one of these reach nearly this price. I feel dumb for passing on one a few months ago but I think I'd like to see another one sell for close to this to believe the market is really that high for these.<
Another recently sold on eBay for 561.00. Both were the older "flat black" versions. I've become interested in these bikes mainly due to this list, where I learned of the disproportionately long top tube on the smaller frame sizes (near-custom fit for me). I think I paid 135.00 for my frameset which I guess is reasonable for a pristine 531 frameset. Unfortunately, I was outbid on the black dura ace gruppo but the silver 1st generation d-a I've been building it with looks even better on the black frame, imho.
John Wilson
Greensburg, PA