Originally Posted by 20grit

I was just down in Brevard (somewhat near Bill from what i gather) and noticed that I saw very few road bikes around. Most everything was a mountain bike. The problem though, they were all new. Nothing but Rockhoppers and Stumpjumpers strapped on top of cars. I would assume this means that people are regularly upgrading and the market is probably flooded with used mtn bikes, but i certainly saw no evidence of people riding older ones.