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@VintageJon
Soon vintage bikes with pedegree will be out of price reach for many. They are a few years behind the increases seen in classic motorcycles, classic cars and houses in good locations. No longer is it easy to pick up bikes for a song, nor should it be. There are a finite number of bikes and components out there. In the 80s when campag record and super record was the staple choice for club riders and pros alike our local club consited of 40 active cyclists. This number now is 400. When each member realise they can have something beautiful, collectable and useable for specific events and sunny days then this sentiment arrives at each and every club then it will be too late. Buy well now and enjoy something that will bring pleasure for years to come. Stock up on good clean vintage Campag if you can, especially non aero levers as they were components swapped for aero levers as the trend arrived in the late 80s and lots of bikes have japanese items still on them. Research what was in the 70s and 80s peloton, the bikes and clothing too, then decide what is for you and pursue them like a person posessed. The pleasure to have period correct stuff can be equal to hunting down cars and motorcycles but for a fracton and much easier to maintain. Some examples of bikes are Yamaha fizzies, 70s honda 750/4 and Black Bomber 450. Very vanilla Ford Escort mk1 and 2 which were cheap family cars, now with massive price tags. Fiat 500s could be picked up for 150 quid in 1990 now they are 10 grand for a good one. Have a look in the cars apprecian thread a bmw 3l csl was posted up yesterday, my mate has 2 of these, in 2004 he estimated one of them was worth 20k, the one on ebay has a tag of 90k today , Its all relative. I see bikes here that have been brought in from the continent get bumped over and over which are fantsastic deals, especially if viewable in town and not someting that will arrive by box a week later that may have hidden problems. As the euro has stengthened over this year future prices will have to reflect the differance. I may be completely wrong and we may see that 80s Colnago prices have halved in the next 6 months, but I doubt it!