Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
^^ $9030 in 2006 dollars ( the last year available, and uusing 1986 as the base year)
It looks like your inflation calculator assumes a 3% increase per year. In that case, my 1982 Trek, with handbuilt Reynolds 531 frame, with Suntour and SR components, for which I paid $440 new, would have been equivalent to $440 x (1.03)^26 = $949. That would buy me just the frame with today's money.