If aesthetics matter, some customs might have better filing on the lugs and higher quality paint. Bu to me the real value of a custom is not things like paint, but the fact that tubes are actually chosen for your weight, rather than with a 300lb rider in mind.
So I'd say a used custom might be worth a premium to me if the original owner was near my weight, had a preference for the same level of frame flex, and the bike had been built accordingly. Often we don't know those things, so a used custom to me isn't worth that much more than a quality stock frame in my size. Dustin > From: Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:10:08 -0500 > To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: [RBW] What would you pay for a used custom? > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:07 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So, if a new custom costs $3000 and a new stock frame costs $2000 from >> the same builder (Waterford Rivs, for example), then your used custom >> is worth some percentage less than $2000, in my opinion. Am I wrong >> about that? Would you pay more for a used custom Riv (that fit you) >> than you would for a used Hilsen (in your best size)? I think they >> have identical value, assuming they are the right bike for the >> application, etc etc. > > Well - a custom isn't made at waterford, iirc. Mark(?) Nobliette(sp?) > is doing those. > -sv > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW > Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
