Value of Counterpoint Presto?

[Bill Wiley]

Howdy, My neighbor has a '93 or '94 Counterpoint Presto he
is interested in selling. It has about 5000 commuting miles
on it. Elastomer rear suspension and what appears to be an
early RST front shock. The bike sports a folding boom and a
"flip it" type stem. It has a vintage Sachs 3x7 drive train
with Suntour X1 cranks. Not sure about the brakes, long
reach sidepulls of some sort. Aside from the dust, its in
pretty good shape. It also has an old avocet computer and
panniers and the custom counterpoint seat bag. I told him I
would help him sell it, we are trying to figure out what its
worth. Any ideas? He paid about $2400 with all the assorted
accessories and whatnot.

Thanks

bill

[Phil Gough]

I write from UK, and have the Pashley version of this called
the PDQ. I bought it end of '97, and with things like
mudguards, why sew? bag, luggage rack etc cost about UK
pounds 1200 or currently about $2140. The 'bent scene here
is pretty dead at the moment and I reckon I will be lucky to
get the equivalent of $900 for it - about 40 per cent of the
orginal purchase cost. Which is why I put off a planned
upgrade for another season to squeeze a bit more value out
of it. Phil Hertfordshire UK

Bill Wiley <wileybill@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:<BD0F2211.1386F%wileybill@comcast.net>...
> Howdy, My neighbor has a '93 or '94 Counterpoint Presto he
> is interested in selling. It has about 5000 commuting
> miles on it. Elastomer rear suspension and what appears to
> be an early RST front shock. The bike sports a folding
> boom and a "flip it" type stem. It has a vintage Sachs 3x7
> drive train with Suntour X1 cranks. Not sure about the
> brakes, long reach sidepulls of some sort. Aside from the
> dust, its in pretty good shape. It also has an old avocet
> computer and panniers and the custom counterpoint seat
> bag. I told him I would help him sell it, we are trying to
> figure out what its worth. Any ideas? He paid about $2400
> with all the assorted accessories and whatnot.
>
> Thanks
>
> bill

[Bill Wiley]

Thanks Phil, we were thinking around the same figure.
Possibly $900-$1100 or so. Anyone else have any thoughts?

bill

On 7/6/04 9:46 AM, in article
c47ee5c1.0407060846.38c11759@posting.google.com, "Phil
Gough" <pgough@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I write from UK, and have the Pashley version of this
> called the PDQ. I bought it end of '97, and with things
> like mudguards, why sew? bag, luggage rack etc cost about
> UK pounds 1200 or currently about $2140. The 'bent scene
> here is pretty dead at the moment and I reckon I will be
> lucky to get the equivalent of $900 for it - about 40 per
> cent of the orginal purchase cost. Which is why I put off
> a planned upgrade for another season to squeeze a bit more
> value out of it. Phil Hertfordshire UK
>
>
>
> Bill Wiley <wileybill@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<BD0F2211.1386F%wileybill@comcast.net>...
>> Howdy, My neighbor has a '93 or '94 Counterpoint Presto
>> he is interested in selling. It has about 5000 commuting
>> miles on it. Elastomer rear suspension and what appears
>> to be an early RST front shock. The bike sports a folding
>> boom and a "flip it" type stem. It has a vintage Sachs
>> 3x7 drive train with Suntour X1 cranks. Not sure about
>> the brakes, long reach sidepulls of some sort. Aside from
>> the dust, its in pretty good shape. It also has an old
>> avocet computer and panniers and the custom counterpoint
>> seat bag. I told him I would help him sell it, we are
>> trying to figure out what its worth. Any ideas? He paid
>> about $2400 with all the assorted accessories and
>> whatnot.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> bill