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Cyclists blame "utterly ridiculous bike prices" for brands' ongoing struggles (road.cc)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19380579

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I can believe that.

I hadn't bought a bike for years, and a few years ago managed to pick up a cheap second hand bike for £60. It wasn't a bad bike, but obviously nothing special. After the lockdowns, when every man and his dog seemed to take up cycling, I looked at getting a cheap new bike. The cheapest ones I could find were a few hundred pounds.

I looked at ebikes earlier this year, and the magazines and websites reviewing the cheap bikes were setting a minimum price of £1500 to avoid the cheaply made junk. Even second hand bikes were going for £800+

To put this in perspective, I can get a second hand motorbike for the same price range, and a car for around £1000. Obviously these are not going to be the best motorbikes or cars on the road, but they run, and will last for at least a few years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

They're putting out bikes that are well into nice used car territory, it's absurd. Shit, some of them are even brand new car prices. A lot of these manufacturers are smoking crack.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if ebay ebike conversion kits are still a thing. Did mine 15 years ago with an electric front wheel and it's still going today.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I did one a few years back to my mountain bike..mid drive motor driving the rear wheel. It was a nice little project.

Bafang make the kits and it had lots of power..I could cruise with throttle only at 40kph!

I sold it to fund a motorbike in the end.