Re: [CR]jack taylor thoughts?

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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:25:02 +0000 (GMT)
From: <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]jack taylor thoughts?
In-reply-to: <8C9015BA71159D2-1640-483F@mblk-r17.sysops.aol.com>
To: sashae@gmail.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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For typical bikes the easy answer, without irritating the ListMeister, is often to be found in Mike Cone's guide on Sheldon Browns website

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/vrbn-o-z.html#taylor

That gives a baseline and then you can adjust for the condition, components and changes in the market since the guide was created. Mike would probably say the list is out of date, but it is still 90% accurate except at the top end (Masi, Colnago, Cinelli, De Rosa) which is up 50% or so. Remember that Mike's "guideline" condition is a darn nice bike. I suppose you could add $100 to the top for a decent all NR Campagnolo group on a bike also. Top production bikes with a big former ownership base (Raleigh, Peugeot, Schwinn), and therefore nostalgia value, are a bit stronger also. Track bikes are well up in all instances due to greater appreciation and trendiness. Odd or rare components are up. For example pantographed components, ICS. There is more general knowledge about the value of esoteric French parts.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: oroboyz@aol.com
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:47:00 -0000
Subject: Re: [CR]jack taylor thoughts?
To: sashae@gmail.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


> Sasha wrote:
>
> << I've been offered an opportunity to purchase a 1974 Jack
> Taylor Tour of Britain recently, and just received photos. Can
> anyone discern any interesting information about this bike from
> the photos? The gold anodized parts in particular seem fairly
> novel (I hadn't seen gold anodized Campy cranks outside of the
> BMX set before.) >>
>
> Obviuosly those parts were after-market anodized ... It's an
> odd mixture of bits and pieces.
>
> << What does a Taylor of this vintage/condition (cat not
> included) go for normally? >>
>
> Normally? Like this sort of bike is normal or routine? This
> does start to approach the "What is my X worth?" category, which
> makes it an inappropriate area... I say $500 - 1500.00.
>
> Dale Brown
> cycles de ORO, Inc.
> 1410 Mill Street
> Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA
> 336.274.5959
> http://www.cyclesdeoro.com
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sashae@gmail.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:34 AM
> Subject: [CR]jack taylor thoughts?
>
> Hey all,
>
> I've been offered an opportunity to purchase a 1974 Jack Taylor
> Tour of
> Britain recently, and just received photos. Can anyone discern
> any
> interesting information about this bike from the photos? The
> gold anodized
> parts in particular seem fairly novel (I hadn't seen gold
> anodized Campy
> cranks outside of the BMX set before.) What does a Taylor of
> this
> vintage/condition (cat not included) go for normally?
>
> Pictures available here:
> http://boxwood.subtle.org/se/gallery/taylor
>
> TIA,
>
> sasha "gold jerry, gold!" eysymontt, nyc.
>
> ---
> ,+'^'+ sasha eysymontt
> sashae at gmail dot com - http://subtle.org/se
> `+,.,+` new york city.
>
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