Subject: RE: It's high times for Loops
Author: Zerhackermann
Date: May 3, 2002, 1:02 PM
Post ID: 1710190541
One of the things that I love about these bikes is that they aren't
really known and the hundred point anal retentive restorers have, til
now ignored them. Road tools. Not museum pieces.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Zink [mailto:rzi-@co.alameda.ca.us]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:38 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: It's high times for Loops
Ross, None of us will argue that the bikes are undervalued. I think that
most folks that own them don't care all that much about originality,
(although my Ambo is pretty much as it left the factory) but would
rather ride them instead of showing them. As far as asking prices, you
can only ask (if you want to sell) what the buyers in the market will
pay. I'm not knocking Moe in the least, he (as does Mark) has a business
to run and it is my understanding that he is selling the bike for one of
his clients. My note was made sort of tongue in cheek as I was
seriously surprised that it was up this high having watched them on EBay
for the last couple of years. I would have expected the bidding to top
out around $7-8K.
Rich
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From: Ross [SMTP:ariel-@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:15 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: It's high times for Loops
Moe is just trying to get back some of the cost of a full
restoration. And
original Lucas reflectors of the kind used on Loops are a bitch
to find.
Besides, our loops are undervalued and that is our fault. One
for destroying
originality, two for not saving the parts we replaced(see one),
and three
for not asking more in the first place.