Hey guys, fellow knowledgeable vintage bike guy here. I got this as a gift from an aging customer when he bought his ebikes and decided he wouldn’t ride it again. I did research on Ebay and saw some simalar complete Bridgestones, but none with the biplane fork. Someone is currently asking $650 for the fork alone – king 1” threaded headsets are $175, XT M737 groupsets complete are under $400 including hubs. Has Nitto bar and seatpost, lame stem, grips and tires which seem to be part of a street-ification the owner had done in the late 90s or early aughts.
Frame is an 18” or 46cm as listed in the catalog, which seems like a desirable size, not on the extremes. Frame has a good number of paint chips from sloppy storage (looks like bikes stacked on each other causing scraping damage.) Mileage overall is low, chain wear measures under .75 and is likely the original chain with IG stamped in.
I have some decent shape Ritchey Megabite tires I could put on it.
The question – how would you sell this? I think I wouldn’t get as much value selling complete but I also want to turn this quickly and simply. Maybe sell as frame/fork headset for $1000-$1200? or complete for $1500? Let me know what you guys would do or what you think. I have full tool set and shop access, I could also restore it to more original/complete. Thanks.
by apeincalifornia