Chombi,

regardless of me, the stuff hasnt been produced in years and years. Less available obviously means higher price, my own stash of certain parts is gone as well. YOu know this.

To cry about the prices you got 3 years ago, just doent make sense, other than sentiment. I could do the same, the stuff and prices I could find years ago, i cant get now. Gets passed on. So you take shots at me whenever you get a chance, but know half the time, I see a negative comment, the stuff sells anyway. So what does that say.

Stuff I used to sell regularly,gone. Supply and demand 25-30 years. frankly from a business standpoint I cant believe stuff was over run and over ordered this much to make it last this long. If i go back to the same guys from 3 years ago, half of the distributors have become dealers . If theres anything left, the prices are through the roof, so much that I cant even buy some and sell at my high prices. So not only more people dealing, whole other countries competing for an ever dwindling stash.

You can blame it on whoever you want, if your not out there securing the stuff, or spending all of your money on it, then its gone. Blame yourself. Anyone could have been doing this, many are, many that throw stones too...

These are luxury goods, you dont need 10 bikes with Mavic handlebars, you dont need NOS anything, are you riding NOS parts? To me thats crazy, this stuff is traded, plenty of used nice parts, of which You dont see me dealing in much, but my bikes are loaded with them. i dont care if you think you need all this stuff. Its art, not performance gear for today, been collected for ever by some. BMX is crazier , has been. MTB getting nutty too. grab what you can.

If you really need this stuff to ride, you have lots of guys to support, Velo orange, compass bikes, Mike Kone, Some of those guys were the dealing predecessors. Go buy Greg Parkers Bicycle classics stash if you think its so greatly priced.

You are not keeping up with the market. I cant imagine how many people are messing with this stuff right now, getting harder for the next gen.

My facebook page , almost all young Thailanders.

Sorry we messed up your good time of cheap parts

That argument is old and doesnt mean anything, the markets huge. You want it back to the old days. who doesnt?