Good Points! Ted Ernst,Palos Verdes Est. CA
>I show literally thousands of makes and models of bicycles in the Used Bike
>Buyers Guide, many never having graced the pages of Classic Rendezvous.
>And, because most aren't discussed, they aren't considered "collectible",
>but they might be extremely rare. My point being that rarity and
>collectibility don't always go hand in hand. I don't know how many bikes
>that Brian Baylis, Peter Johnson, or Richard Moon have made, but I would
>guess that their bikes might be more rare than a Confente, yet not as
>collectible because they are still building and alive. It is an interesting
>exercise, but I sense a LOT of bandwidth to once again debate the relative
>merits of framebuilders, albeit with a somewhat more structured approach.
>Lou Deeter, Orlando FL