Originally Posted by
Spaghetti Legs
I think part of the boom in vintage bikes 10 years or so ago was the rise in popularity of the Eroica rides, now fading apparently, coinciding with those of us of a certain age who had reached a point in life where we could afford the bikes we weren’t able to buy when we were young bucks. A lot of us have saturated our stables with those bikes and now it’s a case of being much more picky.
The major factor I think though, is the market for rim brake bikes, old or new, is disappearing. People want bikes with disc brakes, they want bikes with fat tires.
Yep. Plus, citibike rentals hadn’t started yet, so anyone in an urban area who thought bikes were better than cars or public transpo were buying older (cheaper than brandy new) bikes and chaining them up outside their apartment building. Once rental bikes and scooters came along, that whole market disappeared. Don’t see so many chained up bikes these days…