Originally Posted by
smd4
It's not silly--it's true. Even if you use the $3,000 number in 1986--that's only $8,000 today. How many pro-level racing bikes can you get for $8,000 today, with the most technologically-advanced components?
You don't have to answer that.
No, I don’t need to answer that, because it has nothing to do with my point that you were responding to.
Did you even read my post?
What you said is not a factual statement. You just said that a college student could afford a high end bike in 1986. This is not true. SOME could, others could not. I could barely afford the $500 guitar I bought, and that was my main passion at the time. The same is true today (some can, some can’t)
However, the argument you are now making (which is unrelated to my point) based on “what is the most expensive bike out there” is just as silly. The fact is the the $8K bike from today is far FAR better than what any pro was racing on in 1986.