There are some brands of bicycles that can cost more than the down payment on a car. Why? Surely making a bike lightweight and reliable isn’t so difficult that it warrants that price? Is it just the brand name or maybe it has to do with customization options?

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s just wild how the pandemic made the previous numbers double.

    Got a great decent bike for $700 in 2015. Same bike runs $1600 now.

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      1 year ago

      Everyone saw a convenient economic scapegoat and just “forgot” to lower the prices again after the crisis was over. Now, everyone has been paying these new and improved prices for 3 years, so they’re never going to go down again.