Bikes are overpriced

Why the frick are these things so expensive? The cost doesn't seem worth it considering how easily they can get stolen even with a lock.

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The used market for bikes is incredible. Most people let them rust and rot after a couple uses.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Who steals bikes?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Who do you think?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Street people(if you live in the city)

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yurop has organized bike theft gangs.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Yup, baltics go to different contries and round up a shit ton of bikes and go back and sell them in their countries.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Reported for racism outside of /b/.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    That's why I built my own bike.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    just buy old models that were never sold. You get a new good bike for half the price. Who fricking cares that its not the newest model.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      pretty much this
      you can get solid bikes dirt cheap

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Because you are massively overbiking if you buy something like that. I still ride my hardtail from 2010. I put some better forks and brakes on it, and few other parts but that's it.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Based hardtail bro

      Friggin love my HT. I like to mog MTB gear queers as I zip past them with their $15k setup and $2k worth of riding apparel. Wish people still rode for funsies, not for recognition.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I actually have a full sus bike too. But it's even older, like a 1998 FSR with a URT style shock, it's pretty much just sat in my garage for years though due to lack of maintenance. Would probably get some respect at the trails simply due to the age of it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Who rides for recognition? Everyone I know thinks bikes are gay and annoying. I’m constantly defending mtb as fun. Road biking is a lost cause because of the outfit.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Mostly PNW homos who work tech in Seattle/Bellevue or are insta-famous. I’m a WA gay myself, but I actually grew up in the mountains and like the fun of it.

          I actually have a full sus bike too. But it's even older, like a 1998 FSR with a URT style shock, it's pretty much just sat in my garage for years though due to lack of maintenance. Would probably get some respect at the trails simply due to the age of it.

          Sweet deal man, get it lubed up and take it out on the trails.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            If I ever see you at the lynnwood Walmart ill beat your ass

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I live near Eatonville amigo, way the frick out there. I’m in Edmonds a ton tho, come frick with me. 6’4” 250lbs 6x6.5

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Because muh carbon fiber dildo wienerring derailleur that's why. It's pretty much all gimmicks. I can't believe it when people say shit like "a good beginner bike costs around 1k". Like saving an extra half an ounce of bike weight will compensate for your 20 lbs of excess fat. Just fricking lol

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      you can just say you're poor it's ok

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >t. wears lycra and has a bulging stomach
        Imagine spending thousands on a kid's toy, lol
        at least spend it on a motorbike you impotent cuckold

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Buy from BikesDirect.com and learn to be a mechanic to make sure they aren't put together wrong

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    i got a pretty dope mountain bike for free 14 years ago, was like 700 new back then

    just now started riding it again and its fricking awesome, i just kinda wish it had more gears. im developing an addiction to going as fast as my body can allow me on that thing lol and keep pushing to go faster and faster

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Mountain bikes have fewer gears these days, 14 years ago most were triple chainsets with 27 gears which is too many.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        i might get a real road bike, a cheap one at some point just for street riding.

        i havent built up enough endurance to take the mountain bike offroad yet, i get crippling adductor pumps just from riding in the highest gear for a half mile. which is crazy because ive never gotten that from squatting or deadlifts

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Riding offroad will gas you out very hard even if you have decent endurance riding on the roads. It's a much more full body kind of workout. That's assuming you don't just go to a bike park where they have lifts or make the climbs as easy as possible.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Overvaluing by bike fetishists. Materials are pretty cheap and assembly is mostly by machine and some handwork at the end. Unless you're buying some bossed up e-bike (which realistically should also cost way less since the motors aren't that sophisticated) you should never exceed 800-1000 €/$. Everything above that is pure gimmicks and shit. Get a bike that can go comfortably on both roads and dirt and that you can sit on for extended periods of time without it being a discomfort. Invest some spar bucks into maybe some nice lights and maybe better brakes (these tend to be shittier on most commerical bikes). Also get a small repair set and a set of spare tires. Regularly check and fix your bike if needed. Congrats you are now a bike owner and that shit will last you ~15 years with small amounts of effort here and there

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      What is a spar buck?
      Joowgle is just shilling random garbage

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >show up to a group ride in jeans
    >people make comments

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Your home insurance likely covers stolen bikes.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Millions of 26' used mtbs sell for around 100 bucks

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I got picrel used for £150. Done 700 miles on it in only 3 months already.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      > Those prices
      Now I can tell why you got a bike

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Mfw even those gas prices make me reminisce
      Scooby was right about the bikepill all along

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You don't lock a nice bike up. They're expensive because the materials and price of research to make them better. You can always ride a 100 dollar walmart special and we'll snicker at you though.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      consoomerism is the biggest cope

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Absolutely moronic, A good bike meaning one that at least $1200+ will ride circles over a shitty walmart bike.

        It just how it is. these bikes are designed by engineers to be the best of the best.

        T. Ride a 25 mile trail that goes between state line every weekend.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Have you not seen those guys ride mountain bikes down pretty much vertical walls? You can't do that with a 100 dollar bike. Or how about a road bike descending at over 45 mph? Walmart wheels will literally explode.

          >if a bike isn't overpriced it's from walmart
          I bet you take your bike to the mechanic shop, too

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >if a bike isn't overpriced it's from walmart

            yea it called going to a specialized bike shop. None of them would carry shit like Huffy. Sorry you got some poorgay cope and have never ridden a proper high end bike.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Black person, you can get a Jamis or a Cannondale for way cheaper than your local bike shop.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Yea on craigslist. What your point.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                My point is spending over 1K on a bike unless you're racing or competing is financially irresponsible and LARP-tier

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              he could go to any bike shop and buy a used bike with a decent brand and enjoy it for years. 500ish dollars will get a perfectly usable older bike.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Have you not seen those guys ride mountain bikes down pretty much vertical walls? You can't do that with a 100 dollar bike. Or how about a road bike descending at over 45 mph? Walmart wheels will literally explode.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What you do is,, go to Walmart and pick yourself up a nice huffy, then stroll leisurely down your street with no shirt and a swisher in the mouth while Mexican carrying a hipoint and look for a better bike to take

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's like asking why watches are so expensive. There's some people who want whizbang bikes and cough up for them

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I paid 3600 gbp ($4500 ish) for this bad boy, previously rode a 300 quid Decathlon mountain bike for years, I will never understand spending so much on minute increases in speed gainz

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      because a motorbike doesn't impress rich people dude.

      >Telling a girl /white collar workers you ride your motorbike from NYC to Florida, Isn't as as cool as saying you rode your bike from NYC to Miami.

      One is innately cooler as you get to have the experience to see true Americana culture.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Why would I want to impress rich people
        I want to go fast and make vroom vroom noises

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >Why would I want to impress rich people
          m-maybe they'll give me an imaginary high-level executive position job if I impress them enough, they wouldn't just give the position to their nephew or whatever haha right?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      it even has a seat for your boyfriend

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      maybe because I don't want to get sideswiped by some moronic woman distracted on her phone and my spine rolled over by a 2 ton piece of metal at 70 mph

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    They aren't RECYCLED

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >what is a pawn shop

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Sounds like poor people problem

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Trick is to buy no-brand cheapo that is as lightweight as similar brand name. You buy a frame, everything else is replaceable and will be replaced down the line. Sure you might initially end up with a little worse shimanos but then within two years you have to replace them anyways at a service. That's when you upgrade.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      So much this. You're buying a frame, the frame can last indefinitely -- basically until you have that smash or tumble that twists it. Everything else does the Ship of Theseus.

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