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New Mercian Vincitore Special 631 is £950 (maybe £1200 with weird paint that nobody but the current owner could possibly want). Athena 11sp alloy groupset from Shiny BIkes £500. Open Pro on Record handbuilt wheels up to £400. Cheap finishing kit per the advertised bike, £150 tops, plus a bit more for a Brooks if you must. So basically you could build a much nicer Vincitore Special for yourself, in the colours you want, for less than half the BIN price. This one has *Gorgeous Baby Blue*™ written all over it.

With all those picked out lugs, extra bands and chrome, I've just costed that paint job at £607 minimum - more if Mercian charged extra for the contrast linings on the down tube band and at the top of the chrome.