If you have an old bike that you want to sell, the premiums are almost 20-50% more. Some people are selling 3 year old bikes for MSRP. It's crazy right now.
If you have an old bike that you want to sell, the premiums are almost 20-50% more. Some people are selling 3 year old bikes for MSRP. It's crazy right now.
In the midst of the pandemic, I managed to grab a full ultegra bike for $400. Real beauty of a hand made Italian stallion. The only reason why I got this bike was because the owner had just bought a brand new gravel bike, because that is all the rage right now in the bike world and people are trying to get rid of their road bikes. Gear acquisition syndrome has plagued this sport since its inception, but it works in the used cyclist's favor when you can reliably get gently used gear for dirt cheap.
Word of advice from one cyclist to another: resist the trends. Buy used. Buy old. Spend used car levels of cash on anything else in your life besides a bike, because in 10 years that $1500 bike will remain the same great bike it was but will become $200.
She eventually got lucky and found a 2yr old used bike for $400 which is exactly what she wanted. She just got lucky and got to the store just as they were putting it out on the floor.
I've been meaning to DIY a squat rack in the garage but I need a bar, and I haven't even bothered to check that. I assume they're hard to find and selling for over-normal-price used, same as everything else.