Alan Braggins wrote:

I'm scarily tempted, even being a long way from Dundee and never having=
tried=20
a remotely comparable machine. Just out of curiosity, and nothing to do=
with
my approaching birthday at all, roughly how much do you think a fair pr=
ice for=20
a second hand Speedmachine like this would be?

I was trying to come up with a sensible number myself, but I'm very bad=20
at valuing things like this. A data point would be a vanilla new one=20
(no lights, no tailbag, no rack, mechanical discs) would set you back=20
=A31775. That would be slightly lighter in the frame department as HPVel=
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have changed the rear triangle from CroMo to aluminium (the rest of the=20
frame on all SpMs is aluminium), but aside from that around the same.

A figure I plucked out of the air was ~ =A31,600. Dave L. probably has a=
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better idea of what would be fair.

Pete.
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