PSA: Small Sachs in Naples, FL

[TimD]

No relation to seller. Might want a new chain :)

http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/col/bik/3553662314.html

RICHARD SACHS BICYCLE - $2500 (NAPLES)
35 YEAR OLD RICHARD SACHS CUSTOM HAND BUILT BICYCLE.FOR VERY SHORT PERSON. BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL CONDITION. 47 CM FRAME.
ALL ORIGINAL CAMPANOGLO NUOVO RECORD GRUPPO. EVERYTHING ORIGINAL EXCEPT TIRES AND BRAKE PADS.
RICHARD HIMSELF BUILT THE BIKE FOR ME IN 1977. I AM 5' TALL, THE BIKE FITS ME PERFECTLY. COLOR : CANDY APPLE RED.
AT 79 YEARS OLD IT'S TIME TO LET IT GO. PRICE IS $2500.00
JOHN (239)649-4964

[ultraman6970]

Impress me, with the darn weather of the area people rides anyways hehehe :D

Some cyclist struck by a lighting over there in tampa? never heard of it but sure must be one.

[bargainguy]

A pic would do wonders here. Gotta wonder, though: what did eRitchie charge for this bike in '77? Couldn't have been $2.5K....

[maxdog]

A pic would do wonders here. Gotta wonder, though: what did eRitchie charge for this bike in '77? Couldn't have been $2.5K....

What's the difference? I won't sell my house for what I bought it 16 years ago.
The market will dictate.

[bargainguy]

Just curious, nothing more. If seller can get 2.5K, all the more power to him.

[ultraman6970]

A house and a bicycle are different items, you can expect to get more in a house because of location, availability and market at that moment but in a bike the situation changes a tiny bit. Condition, how much pot the guy smoked that morning and rareness of the item dictate the price of a bike in the market.

W/o a picture is hard to tell because the thing could be all busted, the other thing this looks like the same guy was trying to sale something super expensive like 2 years ago maybe?? anybody remembers? A bike brought from europe and stuff, old guy aswell...

What's the difference? I won't sell my house for what I bought it 16 years ago.
The market will dictate.

[christian]

A Sachs in 1977 was $245 with upcharges for Columbus or Reynolds Extralight tubing ($25), top tube guides ($12.50), and shifter braze-ons ($12.50). A Richard Sachs Signature was $285. Orders were accepted against a $75 deposit and shipped C.O.D.

(Per the 1977 Sachs Catalog on Flickr.)

Cool bike!

[TimD]

A pic would do wonders here. Gotta wonder, though: what did eRitchie charge for this bike in '77? Couldn't have been $2.5K....

Not long after graduating with a BSEE and taking my first job a colleague explained economics to me in a way which forever made sense.

He held a relatively small PC board, a spare part for an ancient process control computer used at the time to run a major East Coast oil refinery.

I asked what it cost.

"Forty thousand dollars."

Sensing my obvious astonishment he then said:

"They got it, and you want it."

An update and simplication of JP Morgan's "The price of an item is exactly what it will fetch."

Capice?

[WayneJ]

Most objets d'art go up in value. In this case, it's one that can still be used for the purpose it was built. Nothing wrong with a starting prce and this one doesn't seem far off the mark (my opinion, of course).

I think the size may be more of a value limiter. If it was a 54, 55 or 56, it would appeal to a larger group.

[ultraman6970]

Tiny old fart

[TimD]

Seventy-nine, living in Naples, and riding a Sachs. Must be doing something right.