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FairfaxPat
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Hey, I had a GREAT TIME riding it yesterday! When you consider that a Les Paul Sunburst guitar from '59-60 is worth $100K these days, and they made lots more than 10 of them, then 25K for an icon that can be ridden daily, if you want, is not that much!
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Just checked my account and I'm a bit short. Do you think Pat will let me pay £10 a month?
highlandsflyer
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It is all about rarity, and place in history.
Some things are rare, and have no real place in history. They may be had for peanuts relative to an item that is part of the narrative of an era.
Thinking about guitars, any 1950s Strat is now worth into the tens of thousands. Some early Les Paul Standards achieve stratospheric prices, ironically.
I have no issue with that, nor the fact that many of them are now owned by non-playing collectors/investors.
Given the number of guitarists in the world, a relatively plentiful commodity such as early Strats have become unobtainable and hugely desirable.
This is the same pattern seen across all collectable items.
There has to be a reason relatively recent items become so collectible, perhaps it is useful to think of them as 'shares' in a commodity that rose massively over a short time.
For every one of these high price early MTBs there are others that are non iconic that can be had for relatively little.
Horses for courses.
Personally, I reckon if this Breezer ends up in a museum and never spins a wheel in anger again, it is no loss. Were it not around in a hundred years that would be.
Some things are rare, and have no real place in history. They may be had for peanuts relative to an item that is part of the narrative of an era.
Thinking about guitars, any 1950s Strat is now worth into the tens of thousands. Some early Les Paul Standards achieve stratospheric prices, ironically.
I have no issue with that, nor the fact that many of them are now owned by non-playing collectors/investors.
Given the number of guitarists in the world, a relatively plentiful commodity such as early Strats have become unobtainable and hugely desirable.
This is the same pattern seen across all collectable items.
There has to be a reason relatively recent items become so collectible, perhaps it is useful to think of them as 'shares' in a commodity that rose massively over a short time.
For every one of these high price early MTBs there are others that are non iconic that can be had for relatively little.
Horses for courses.
Personally, I reckon if this Breezer ends up in a museum and never spins a wheel in anger again, it is no loss. Were it not around in a hundred years that would be.
highlandsflyer
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FairfaxPat":1wd9qr3m said:
Jesus, Pat.
I was busy writing something very similar, you read my mind!
Again my issue isn't that it's worth that much it's the fact we are at a point where it can be worth that much. Retro biking to me is reliving my halcyon days of biking, and it saddens me that it's becoming so expensive to do so. Sour grapes? He'll yeah! May be I need some time out....
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What if you had a spare $20K to spend?
highlandsflyer
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jamabikes":m9bbmf7k said:
I am struggling to understand.
You can pick up retro bikes for relative peanuts.
Yes, the trend has seen prices of early gruppos etc. hike up, but you can still get 'em cheap if you are patient.
Is it really so expensive, unless you think the right to an iconic MTB at flea market prices should be a human right?
Simple case of market forces.
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