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10mm pitch dura-ace is very collectable - could make £1000 at auction if buyers are around
How much is my road bike (or parts of) worth?
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Hi all, I’ve just taken this in on behalf of a friend to see if it’s of interest to restore and sell on. It’s sat for 20yrs. It was his late dad’s bike.
Giant TCR Once with Campag Record group set and campag Nucleon wheelset. Everything actually functions pretty smoothly. Sadly the down tube has lost its rivet bottle mount. Condition of frame is average at best.
He wants to sell it, any money raised goes to local community council fund raising activities. I said I’d strip and restore it FOC to suppprt.
I’m not sure what it’s worth if I fully rebuilt it and put some fresh cables / bar tape on? Given the damaged rivet too? Any guiding suggestions?
I did wonder just to strip the groupset and wheels sell separately to raise money for the community.
Cheers
James
Giant TCR Once with Campag Record group set and campag Nucleon wheelset. Everything actually functions pretty smoothly. Sadly the down tube has lost its rivet bottle mount. Condition of frame is average at best.
He wants to sell it, any money raised goes to local community council fund raising activities. I said I’d strip and restore it FOC to suppprt.
I’m not sure what it’s worth if I fully rebuilt it and put some fresh cables / bar tape on? Given the damaged rivet too? Any guiding suggestions?
I did wonder just to strip the groupset and wheels sell separately to raise money for the community.
Cheers
James
Walterscot
Retro Guru
Aside from the bottle boss issue the frame doesn’t look to be in great shape cosmetically so it would be hard to find a buyer for it with its current issues. It’s not really worth the cost of a respray. Do you have the Burrows aero seatpost? That’s worth something. And the Record groupset will likely clean up nicely so will almost certainly get you more return (as a complete groupset or in bits if you can be bothered).
I have the very same frame in near perfect condition but still stripped it of the Chorus 10-speed groupset as the complete bike wouldn’t have been worth more than the groupset alone. They’re cool bikes but a bit niche and not valuable in rarity or collectibility even when mint.
