Originally Posted by
turky lurkey
I wonder how much influence bike forums has on the bicycle market? For example what if we start a bunch of threads over the next year or two about how vintage mountain bikes are becoming increasingly valuable, will they actually become more valuable? I'm sure many, if not most people who are looking at used bikes these day's will use google and these forums will come up every time when bikes are in question. Maybe we should wait a little while and try to get as many old mountain bikes as we can and then suddenly start discussing how mountain bike prices have gone through the roof.
Great observation
turky lurkey! Any mountain bike that I Google will almost assuredly have top listings from this forum and MTBR. I do think people are relying on bike forums to help them address price and value. I mod the Barracuda fan site and almost half the listings that get posted in the (Barracuda) Marketplace thread use general info gathered from the site in their for sale listings, many post the 'Cuda site address and advise their would be customers to check out the site. I guess we'll have to be a little quicker on our toes if we want to snag those good deals... I'm in, it'll add to the chase!