Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
I know, I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but bike prices have skyrocketed. I agree that Bianchi is too high. But it's closer to reality than we might think. When I flip a bike now, I HAVE to assign a price that's way higher than I would have set it a year ago, just to keep the flood of e-mails down to a managable 8 to 12. Any vintage road bike with index shifting under $150 is gone immediatley. The latest group seeing a price increase around here is the old, rigid fork mountain bikes. Used to be a really nice MTB would sell for $60 to $80. Now vintage MTBs in good shape are in the $100 and up range. I should have bought more Trek 800s at yard sales instead of putting money in the bank.
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