Principia Triathlon, sell complete bike or frame and parts?

Iboginkan

Retro Newbie
Hi all and new member.

So I've come across this bike, hanging up in the roof of an brick garage.
I think it looks like brand new or only ridden 10/20 miles.

Anyway looking for thoughts on best way to go to sell.

Thanks in advance,

Tom.
 

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Hi, and welcome! Either retrobike or ebay. Beyond that t kind of depends what you want to do - squeeze the maximum possible out of it or find it a good home. I'm not an expert on the retro road bike market but while Principia are quite well regarded and have a certain following, the bikes just don't fetch that much, as you'll see if you search for sold listings on ebay. I've owned one myself which I wish I hadn't sold now, but I think the ones like this that have the garish yellow logos just aren't that attractive! These bikes are in a difficult in-between position in the second-hand market as they don't really have the allure of real retro road bkes (too modern) and as modern bikes they're just superseded by anything carbon and with more recent groupsets (not modern enough).

Splitting the frame and parts might get you a bit more out of the bike overall, but it's not a strong marketplace right now and there's no guarantee at all that you would sell all of the parts individually, and/or it could take a long time till you sell everything. It doesn't help that the components are mostly mid-range and from a not very sought-after era, despite being in good condition.

So I would say sell it as it is and hope to find someone willing to pay a couple of hundred quid.
 
@Fatal Swan has nailed it. I owned one of these framesets and it was great. One of the good things is that because of the aero shaping of the seat stays it could fit wider (28mm) tyres - which a lot of people like.
Your bike looks to be in super condition and has been built up with high end bits (FRM post and stem, Speedplay pedals etc). That said, hardly anyone wants rim brake road bikes these days, even nice ones like yours.
If you've got a thick skin you could try lfgss.com

Although there are nice bits on your bike I'm not sure it would be worth the effort of splitting it up. I reckon it should certainly fetch you a few hundred quid
 
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I'm not experp but it can't have done more than 10/20 dry miles.
Just by looking at the frame you can see it top quality! The welding is master class.
Surprised they are not more common in the UK.
 
Some people on there can be rude and patronizing, especially if you're new to it all.
Retrobike is a very respectful and polite site but other forums can be much more abrasive.
 
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