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Devout Dirtbag
semantics maybe, but the value wont reduce - unless you get fed up with it. The resale price will surely drop, but market forces dont apply to how you value your possessions. I have bikes with little resale price, but I value them enough to keep them and enjoy using them.I was slightly wrong. It was I think a hybrid style ebike with deore gearing. Reduced to £1600 from £2600. Still like you've said, a lot of dough even after the discount as the bike isn't all that in terms of spec, OEM parts etc. Maybe I'm living in a different world but since the reduction in the number of rings up front, the costs of chainsets has gone up not down (less is more???) And the price of cassettes and chains the same. Even tyres have become madly expensive for what they are, a fork service costs nearly as much as a car service, a bleed of 2 brakes costs £100+ locally (thankfully I can do most things myself). It's a very expensive hobby where what you have now will be obsolete in a few years, rendering the value of what you own a lot less.
Retrobikes are the way
Someone once said: The Brits know the cost of everything but the value of nothing. The quote could of course be utterly false, but it chimes with me because I'm an unwilling consumerist. I routinely try to re-use disposable items.
