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  • Can someone who knows a lot more than me tell me what that bike is worth? Just curious to know just quite how overpriced it is.

    For a start the colour scheme is fugly. The only time I have seen black and gold work is on the JPS Lotus Type 79 Formula one car of the 1970's and on some of the JPS specials such as the Europa and Elan. On the Harry Quinn it just looks naff.

    I am always wary of a seller who tells you more about themselves than about the item they are selling i.e. 'was lucky to be selected to ride the centenary Tour lap in 2003, see pics' and 'I was also invited into The US Postal team and family areas extensive photos, taken at the time'. He does not even tell you the frame size. Also wary when they include the get out clause 'Item listed other places', presumably so that they can pull out of the sale if they do not get as much as they want. Smacks of a control freak.

    The bike has also been listed previously at an inflated price and failed to sell then.

    Market forces always dictate the value of an item and estimating the value of a bike like that is always very difficult. Bearing in mind that I do not intend to get involved in a debate regarding value I would expect to see it go for between £1k-£2k, but that is very much a guess. I can certainly think of a better way of spending that amount of money.

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