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@Fred Personally i find the wheel builds on NEW bikes lacking in the main! Well, mas-produced ones anyway. Maybe that was the flaw in oyur 1st argument, about depreciation. Thinking again, would a Bob Jackson depreciate at that rate? A Bruce gordon? Or even a Brompton, for which you can get almost new price on a 3 year old commuter bike!
Anyway, I do agree with your lament at fashion driving up prices. You and I are lucky enough to have accumulated bikes while we could, and with an insider knowledge of parts etc.
I believe in accesibility of bikes, and thats why I founded BikeRescue.
However, My daughter needs setting up for uni next year, and Im not daft or rich enough to give my own machines away at rock-bottom prices. If someone wants to do it on the cheap, there are things like my £75 Evans to play with, and I wish them well.
P.S. I'd love to see these machines of yours some time, as an appreciative enthusiast, not a critic.