@Elliott wants the rrb
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Lady in my wife’s gym class wants to sell this. Ebay comps are all over the place, but what do we think about the price for a basic Merckx with Chorus?
I already told her to take new pictures with the tires pumped and the saddle jacked up higher.
If the FB link doesn’t work, she has it listed for $1200:
I have a very similar merckx listed for 1500 and based on response it seems appropriate.
Considering selling my 1985-86 Specalized Stumpjumper. It’s got nitto bullmoose bars, paul brake levers, stronglight cranks, RH rat trap pass extralight tires, brooks B17, and a nitto front rack. A few scratches on the paint but otherwise in good shape. Any ideas?
Kinda wanna buy this from a customer, absolutely do not have my finger on the pulse of used bike prices. Thinking of offering $500. 105 triple, smooth post canti, clearance for fat tires, front end is a little too tall for me but I can #slamthatstem. Would probably strip every single part off this and rebuild with 2x11 Ultegra and dyno stuff.
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For some reason, I feel like this and one of those Velo Orange eccentric BBs is something I NEED in my life. Tarck, I implore you, tell me this is a bad idea.
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that looks sick. I wonder what tubing its made out of.
No clue. This would be a very pointless single-speed project for social rides so as long as it’s straight and without cracks, it’s good enough I suppose.
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It’s presumably designed for 42-584 tires or smaller. So what tires would you ride??? 
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what’s the boss on the inside of the left seatstay?
I wondered too. The description says “non-drive-side seat stay has bolt threading for dynamo-powered rear light or generator.” Looks like it’s probably in the right location for a bottle/rim dynamo but I don’t know what the proper place is for those things.
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would be an ok spot for a light bracket I guess
42+fenders probably means I could squeeze some 46 Pirellis in there. Or whatever really.
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That’s a great bike-nerd kinda thing to build. Sure, you could do a long-reach sidepull brake 650b conversion, but it’s much cooler to have a frame dedicated to the task with brazed-on brake posts.
Needs a matchy frame pump! I guess that location is good if you need to shoulder-carry, but annoying if you want two sets of bottle bosses.
EDIT: And I didn’t see that the V-O eccentric BB Bois are in stock!
full size v-brakes, and the multi-axis SRAM brake levers
fulfill Mig’s flat bar 650b singlespeed porteur dreams
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I convinced my friend to bid on this. The race is on.
back to the original question - what is it worth?
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Well… who got it
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Too rich for my purposes.
My friend was the second highest bidder but didn’t want to go over 800
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Trying to find something else for him. Is this reasonably priced? Looking for a camping bike of any style that fits 42s for a parts bin build.
