Eddy Merckx Elite

[Tom Kunich]

I've mentioned before that I have an aluminum Eddy Meckx on the shelf and there are no bites for a bar frame. Well, since I bought the Chorus Group the parts I have leftover are a complete group, a set of superlight wheels and I'm only short a set of brakes.

So after everything else is cleared out of the way I can build another bike for sale.

[AMuzi]

On 5/25/2022 4:31 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> I've mentioned before that I have an aluminum Eddy Meckx on the shelf and there are no bites for a bar frame. Well, since I bought the Chorus Group the parts I have leftover are a complete group, a set of superlight wheels and I'm only short a set of brakes.
>
> So after everything else is cleared out of the way I can build another bike for sale.
>

ebay shows two recently completed 'Merckx Frameset Aluminum'
One sold for best offer (below $395) the other ended unsold
at $219.

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Andrew Muzi
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[ritzann...@gmail.com]

$219 seems a little bit low for a name brand aluminum frame. (You said it was unsold at this price.) Below $395 seems about right for a name brand aluminum frame. Maybe $300? One of the appeals of aluminum frames is the cheap price. New, and used. I would guess the Merckx aluminum frames were $800-1200 brand new. So 75% depreciation after 5-10 years makes sense economically. Sadly, bicycle components do not seem to hold value very well over time.

I do not have any experience selling bikes. So cannot comment on Tommy's plans to build up his used, old, Merckx aluminum frame with old, used, Campagnolo parts. But I'd guess if he can manage to get his costs for all the parts out of the sale price, he should jump for joy.

[Frank Krygowski]

On Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 7:49:03 PM UTC-4, russell...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Sadly, bicycle components do not seem to hold value very well over time.

Well, of course! Who wants to be out of fashion??

;-)

- Frank Krygowski

[Tom Kunich]

On Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 2:56:59 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
> On 5/25/2022 4:31 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> > I've mentioned before that I have an aluminum Eddy Meckx on the shelf and there are no bites for a bar frame. Well, since I bought the Chorus Group the parts I have leftover are a complete group, a set of superlight wheels and I'm only short a set of brakes.
> >
> > So after everything else is cleared out of the way I can build another bike for sale.
> >
> ebay shows two recently completed 'Merckx Frameset Aluminum'
> One sold for best offer (below $395) the other ended unsold
> at $219.

It is a very good riding frameset. I was riding it really hard on broken roads and it steered staight as an arrow. I suppose that I could keep the parts around for spares, but I haven't worn anything but cassettes and chains out in a really long time.