advice on selling 2004 Romulus

[Craig]

I have a 2004 Rivendell Romulus I am going to sell.  All original equipment except I had to change a bar end shifter - it fell apart. 

i've disassembled and de-rusted it twice, then powder coated it.   I lost the badges in the process. I re-assembled it myself. 

I had it tuned up by a pro mechanic recently and, more recently, put a new chain on it and waxed it and put on 30 mm Pirelli Tires.

It shifts, brakes and handles quite well. 

I put on a reverse return derailleur to match the one I had to put on my Surly Long Haul Trucker with bar end shifters. Having one bike with a regular derailleur and the other with a reverse return will mess you up. You have to move the bar end shifter in opposite directions!

I want it to have a good home, someone who will appreciates its fine qualities.  My fear is that someone will just see it as a 22 year old steel frame road bike. 

Any advice on which buy/sell forums to list it, somewhere it may attract the interest of someone who will appreciate it?

Also, any advice on price would be welcome. 

[Joe Bernard]

I recommend posting pics here so we can evaluate it. My personal opinion is the value drops significantly sans original paint and headbadge. 

[Jay Lonner]

I’d put this in the category of Schrödinger’s Vintage Bike — simultaneously a priceless classic and an obsolete relic, with the state determined entirely by whether one is the buyer or the seller. Clem completes last sold for $2400, and I think those are better bikes in pretty much every way, so applying the Bill Lindsay rule (which I 95% agree with) I’d say that the absolute upper bound for a Romulus would be $1200 for a pristine specimen.

Jay Lonner

Bellingham, WA

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On Jun 2, 2026, at 6:19 PM, Craig <cros...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a 2004 Rivendell Romulus I am going to sell.  All original equipment except I had to change a bar end shifter - it fell apart. 

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