Mini fixed increase due to student loans?

chatting with gizmond last night at the pub and we both had noticed an increase of prices of frames and bits in the past few weeks, especially after a fairly quiet period during most of 'summer'. is it just uni students spending their student loans?

I concur.It probably has nothing to do with the constant increase in commercial rent, global financial woes, increasing production costs, or the highs and lows of the commodity market, and it is more than likely due solely to the students of the world recieving around a grand each.