Originally Posted by
seypat
Here's another example. I have a 1985 Centurion Prestige. All original 7 speed DA. It weighs 19 something. I could put the same SRAM group you're talking about, some carbon components and fancy carbon wheels on it and easily get it to the weight of your first example. Would anyone be interested in that? Would you be interested? Think about that. Nobody wants to ride an outdated, subpar bike. Unfortunately in today's world that's what those are. At least that's what people are led to believe.
There would be some interest, but not for a lot of money. If you are going to pay multiple thousands for a bike, then why not get something with more current tech? Maybe what we are led to believe is actually mostly true? I can’t say I’ve ever been disappointed with newer bikes. That’s not to say older bikes are bad, but things do move on and that inevitably impacts used pricing. But even bikes with all the latest tech depreciate pretty fast on the used market. My £4.5k 2022 Canyon is worth about £2.5k today on the used market or £1,800 on their trade-in scheme. All current gen tech.