framefinder wrote:things like this I want to know, I know pretty lugs and italian sell, I won't leave things like that behind
Thinking on this, you really should have one of the Melbourne retro forumites along to help identify stuff, sometimes the most sad, mundane looking bike can turn out ot be an absolute gem
I'm sure some of them have PM'ed you by now. Let us know if they haven't.
In the meantime if you want a crash course in what's hot and what's not...
If you need to check a specific component
Velobase is a good resource
Looking at the
Classic Lightweights site will tune your eye to quality English bikes. I don't know of any comparative resource for Italian bikes but
this and
this are a start
Reading
Racing Bicycles 100 Years of Steel will clue you in to Australian marques. The author and many of the collectors are active on BNA.