Originally Posted by
rccardr
I'm the sole guy on vintage. The group is friendly & politely interested in my rides, but none of them are jumping onto the vintage bandwagon. Right age group, right financial situation, just no interest. So, there's that as a data point.
Bottom line, I think, is buy now & enjoy now, but don't consider your two wheeled friends as an investment.
I hear this loud and clear.
Five years ago my friends were pretty interested in my c&v bikes, now not so much.
Or not one bit.
Salsa Warbirds, custom steel/ti randomly bikes or fancy, schmanzy mtbs are where they are at atm.
Most of them have changed their focus to gravel riding and are figuring out ways to criss-cross the Midwest using farm roads where they compete with the occasional Farm All or John Deere for road space.
They buy what they want and it seems an old Colnago is not where they are at.