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amey
Lolo
it's because the surly owner is a yuppie tech bro who knows nothing about bikes except wanting "a nice one" and has disposable income for the first time since they moved out of their parents 5 bed in the hills, so they walk into somewhere like keep pedalling when getting a job in the northern quarter and the lovely couple hook up the henry to their wallet
2 years later, they've not rideen it, it has sat in a shed and they now need a car to get to their start up outside of town, the bike is sold and they haven't gotten tool worth from it, as such in their eyes it has lost no value
the other buyer?
this persons parents, their wallet never opens for anyone, not least their son who wouldn't take up the family business of being a racist. they spent years on an old Raleigh and when it finally exploded spent another 3 years researching online the best bang for buck, because this was 10 years ago, it was a surly. alas, they've caught rona from going to their friends bridge game in lockdown and now need to sell it and buy an e tourer due to reduced lung capacity. being who they are they dont understand depreciation of an asset, their house price only goes up, as such, they sell it for what they bought and consider it a good deal