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Bryan O. Fenste
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All,
My local bike shop has a 2000 Bianchi Veloce, which is brand new. The manager of the LBS found it at
a Bianchi warehouse where it was just sitting, never ridden. The bike has the red/yellow paint job*
which looks really beautiful and seems to be all original spec. as far as I can tell. It has the
complete Campy Veloce component package with a Daytona front derailleur, Mavic CXP rims, Vittoria
tires, Celeste colored Look 206 clipless pedals and the Bianchi Carbon fork.
The owner wants $1099 for the bike (came down to that price from almost $1200, and he had it
stickered at the original list price of $1449). He says that the paint job makes it more valuable
than a normal celeste colored Bianchi, which I agree with him on (check link to pic at bottom of
page). But the price still seems way high considering that the bike is a 2000 model and the 2003 are
arriving in stores now. I've also seen the 2002 Veloce's selling on eBay for around $900 (and that's
from other bike stores clearing out inventory, not private sellers), and some selling much cheaper
than that.
What would be a fair price for the bike? Any advice would be great... I want to buy the bike (I love
the look of it), but would like to bring the price down. It's hard knowing that I'm paying a higher
price just because of the paint job.
Any advice is appreciated...
Thanks, Bryan
*2000 Bianchi Veloce in Red/Yellow (found image a eOpinions):
http://64.95.118.51/images/opti/2f/12/2000_Bianchi_Veloce-resized200.jpg
My local bike shop has a 2000 Bianchi Veloce, which is brand new. The manager of the LBS found it at
a Bianchi warehouse where it was just sitting, never ridden. The bike has the red/yellow paint job*
which looks really beautiful and seems to be all original spec. as far as I can tell. It has the
complete Campy Veloce component package with a Daytona front derailleur, Mavic CXP rims, Vittoria
tires, Celeste colored Look 206 clipless pedals and the Bianchi Carbon fork.
The owner wants $1099 for the bike (came down to that price from almost $1200, and he had it
stickered at the original list price of $1449). He says that the paint job makes it more valuable
than a normal celeste colored Bianchi, which I agree with him on (check link to pic at bottom of
page). But the price still seems way high considering that the bike is a 2000 model and the 2003 are
arriving in stores now. I've also seen the 2002 Veloce's selling on eBay for around $900 (and that's
from other bike stores clearing out inventory, not private sellers), and some selling much cheaper
than that.
What would be a fair price for the bike? Any advice would be great... I want to buy the bike (I love
the look of it), but would like to bring the price down. It's hard knowing that I'm paying a higher
price just because of the paint job.
Any advice is appreciated...
Thanks, Bryan
*2000 Bianchi Veloce in Red/Yellow (found image a eOpinions):
http://64.95.118.51/images/opti/2f/12/2000_Bianchi_Veloce-resized200.jpg