I wasn't accounting for inflation, and Jan might not have paid much more than that. My JS built Riv Road Standard was $1225 (or something like that) in '98-'99. Also, used ≠ new...
Doug On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 5:56 AM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Accounting for inflation, $900 in 1995 equals $1,444 in 2017, so unless > Jan paid less than $900 back then, it did not sell for more than he paid > for it. > > On Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:18:46 PM UTC-4, Doug Van Cleve wrote: >> >> It depends on your perspective... Yes, you couldn't buy a new frameset >> built like this one for that amount of moolah. Very few things increase in >> value though, and it sold for more that Jan paid for it, so I would say it >> was above market value. I am sure its provenance drove up the cost at >> least a bit, and it has more than the usual number of braze-ons. BTW, it >> may not be custom from a geometry perspective (don't recall), but Jan chose >> the color and the braze-on combo so it is at least semi-custom IMHO. >> >> Doug >> >> P.S. Most custom bikes are not too different from stock geometries. I >> don't think there is anything odd about the geometry of the RS Riv that >> is/was for sale, the issue is how much value e-Richie added to it compared >> to any of the other non-Waterford Riv builders. >> >> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 9:15 PM, iamkeith <keith...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I guess i don't see how that could be considered a high or artificially >>> driven-up price. It's still considerably less than any current, lugged >>> production frame - US or otherwise - and, in near perfect condition, has >>> just as much life left in it. It's also historically significant and more >>> unique with those lugs and that crown. On the other hand, in contrast to >>> the Sachs-built frame being discussed concurrently, it doesn't suffer from >>> the baggage of being a custom, and the idea that it was 'too' unique, and >>> built for a specific person. I guess I understand that some people might >>> think that a used bike should always be obtainable for bargain prices, but >>> not me. If i was in the market for a road frame and this one fit, I'd >>> choose it over a roadeo in a heartbeat, even at the same price. Unique is >>> good. >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
