Market is soft right now for sure, but then again, it's always soft or slow for the really big frames I ride, so I suppose it's not really a change from there regardless of how good a frame/bike I am selling (531, hand-brazed, rarer, excellent condition, quality parts, etc). 2020 into 2021 in Seattle was an epic time to sell bikes and parts, and I sold a lot. Didn't make mad profit or anything, just got out of it what I had into it plus a buck or two. Happy camper.

The big themes I see, especially in vehicles, is, well, along with general inflation, has been the massively inflated asking prices in either decent or poor shape. Homes, too. The super expensive/collector stuff is basically sealed off in their high asking/transaction prices, so that's out of the picture. Delusional sellers, of which there seem to be considerably more of, continue to not help. Still, IMO, forces outside of bicycle availability are driving things, which manifests as a less-eager non-new/trending buyer pool. Gravel and ebikes have proven popular, though thankfully a number of C&V bikes (road and MTB) have the tire clearance, if not cool factor, to be adapted to that style for less money.

I vacillate between probably needing to drop my prices a little more and just keeping what doesn't sell until it does, riding it and enjoying it (not cutting the price in half just to get it gone). My financial premise is that I don't loose my shirt on what I sell--if I can more or less break even, which I've been able to do, then that's great. I get some green back and the buyer gets a really good bike--to say nothing of the therapeutic value of restoring and upgrading a bike, of composing its componentry and color, and of riding it and discovering its character.

I am presently relishing how well a "too small for me" 63cm '84 Nishiki Medalist frameset is responding to some really great wheels and tires (as an experiment) on what was otherwise a Clunker Challenge-level spare parts build-to-sell. $15! Bunch of surface rust through the paint and all over the chrome, plus a tiny ding in the NDS seat stay, hanging in the Bike Works warehouse during a sale of theirs earlier this year. Forget the market.