Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
As mentioned before, sport cycling is as popular now as it’s been for many decades. There is no indication that it is diminishing at all. Road cycling, gravel riding, bike packing and mountain biking are all very popular. The reason prices are down is those people who are active in the sport aren’t interested in old bikes and the performance compromises made when riding them. There are people who ride bikes and those who collect them and this is two separate markets and the vintage market is collapsing as collectors age out of the hobby.
Well, some of us old guys collect
and ride them.
Touroica 2023
The problem I see is that the average age of the riders in that picture is probably around 65. Almost all of them are retired. We ride the bikes that we lusted over in our youth, so yes, that'll age out.
I can tell you that the perceived performance compromises can save you a lot of money for very little reduction in said performance.