Fair price for a NOS Mapei Colnago C40?

[rallizes]

Any idea what something like this might go for?

[CNY rider]

Worthless.
Forward to me for proper disposal.

[azrider]

Originally Posted by rallizes

Any idea what something like this might go for?

depends on size

[rallizes]

Originally Posted by azrider

depends on size

let's say a 56cm TT

[bluesea]

Originally Posted by rallizes

Any idea what something like this might go for?

There probably can be no fair price for such a frame, provided it's bonafide NOS.

[rallizes]

looks like this

[texbike]

Complete bike or just the frameset? Was it a team bike or just in the team colors?

Regardless, it seems that either would essentially be priceless given the demand for Mapei C40s and the rarity of finding a NOS example. However, a frameset would probably be worth $1500-$2000.

Let me know if you decide to pass on it...

EDIT - is that a picture of the actual bike that you're considering?

Texbike

[azrider]

I was going to say $1800-$2000

[rallizes]

Yes, that is the frameset. The paint appears to be completely unblemished.
It appears to have never been built up.

Originally Posted by texbike

Complete bike or just the frameset? Was it a team bike or just in the team colors?

Regardless, it seems that either would essentially be priceless given the demand for Mapei C40s and the rarity of finding a NOS example. However, a frameset would probably be worth $1500-$2000.

Let me know if you decide to pass on it...

EDIT - is that a picture of the actual bike that you're considering?

Texbike

[beeatnik]

$2500 and walk away with a smile

[Exonerv]

I'd factor in the cost of the Colnago 28.0 seatpost. Can be hard to find and pricy when you do. Unless you plan to shim it of course...

[Charles M]

Are there more than 1 available in your size?

If not, the fair price is pretty much what ever the seller is willing to take.

The buyer won't care about our expert opinion on it's value (and shouldnt).

[ultraman6970]

NOS??? a nos c40 was offered here for 1300 and nobody picked it up, I dont remember if it was a mapei or a rabobank one but either way.

Seen used c40 frames go here for 650 bucks.

One thing is for sure, you cant use ebay to appraise a colnago too much unless is like a full bike, all the ebay frames are overpriced for a lot.

[Black Dog]

What is it worth to you? If the cost is equal to your desire to own this frame then buy it.

[fuzzalow]

I have never bought a pre-owned bike other than a 70's DeRosa bought as a collector piece. So I can opine here because I don't know or care ding about playing the pre-owned market.

Talkin' about NOS has nothing to do with "fair price" as if there is an effective discount in force for how this bike frame should be priced. It is a new frame - there is no discount in force and effect. If anything, it can be priced at a premium to what this frame/fork sold for as new back in the mid-2000's because it is a NOS frame with the hindsight of being coveted and revered as a high point in carbon racebike development.

Forget the nonsense of it being an older carbon frame because there is nothing from the big-box-bike mass market manufacturers that can lay a glove on a Colnago C-40. All the so-called progress in technology over 15 years is immaterial to what makes a great bike except they won't tell you that because what they market and sell isn't a Colnago.

Brass tacks? I think this bike frame is effectively priced at $3,500 and up. NOS ain't chump change.