Serotta CSI

Heh, dunno- it's been pretty cheap (for the frame) so far, but as ever it'll be a lot of small figures adding up to one large one.

Actually, lets have a look at it:

I paid £160 for a frame that couldn't really be used, £132 for the replacement tube and decals, paint will be ~£120 so that's £412 before I've paid Matt for replacing the tube, cutting the stem out and so forth.

So, lets estimate £550-£600 when it's done, which should be essentially an "as new" frame, with a braze on for a front mech which it currently lacks, and painted in a colour which I've chosen.

Issue is of course that this is steel, a material which Serotta no longer work with for new purchases, having a quick look at their site shows that a Titanium frame plus carbon fork would run to about $4,000, but as said that's not really a fair comparison.

What price would a NOS Serotta CSi frame go for would, I suppose, be a more apposite question?

Impossible to say since as you point out. YOU get to choose the paint which to me would be a big deal if i were to buy a frame. Theres been a NOS csi on ebay for some time. Believe the bin is 1000 usd.

500-600 does seem pretty good imo under these circumstances. At least not crazy expensive.