Bike sales in decline

[Johnno260]

As I said, wasn’t having a go, although the second winter bike idea is funny nonetheless.

Given the choice I would love a Merida Silas for winter but that’s a 100% want over a need.

 

[Cycleops]

On a personal level, I have no intention of buying any new bike. I've got one I've owned for years, plus I've now got a couple of scrappers FOC that I can fix up as hacks for peanuts. I couldn't care less if my bikes are not 2018 models, or they aren't in the latest manufacturers colour scheme, so I'm not going to replace a perfectly usable bit of machinery just for the sake of keeping up with the Joneses.

I’m with you on that one but there are also many who wouldn’t be seen dead drunk on a bike in an older unfashionable colour scheme. There are the people fuelling demand for new machinery plus those who seem to ‘collect’ them simply because they can.

 

[Banjo]

The new bikes I have bought have been last years models discounted.Unless the spec is upgraded why pay hundreds more for essentially the same bike?

 

[Johnno260]

The new bikes I have bought have been last years models discounted.Unless the spec is upgraded why pay hundreds more for essentially the same bike?

When I bought my Merida I paid a ton less as it was last years colours, mechanically it was the same as the 2017 model.

 

[bpsmith]

Given the choice I would love a Merida Silas for winter but that’s a 100% want over a need.

Nice. Nothing wrong with wants, as long as something else doesn’t suffer I guess.

 

[Blue Hills]

I bought mine around a year ago, and it was a battle getting the wife to accept the want/need to ditch the hybrid for a drop bar.
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By the by/e why did the wife have a call on this? Do you have a call on her economical health and transport investment?

 

[mustang1]

To you it may be, to many others £900 is not a lot to spend on a bike.

Yeah I know. But the point I was (trying) to make is I'm not sure why the bike would double in value in only 10 years. I guess everyone is in on this inflation mumbo jumbo.

 

[Blue Hills]

I think the opposite. It will be another cracking Xmas for retail sales plus post Xmas sales.

I think you are missing the big picture. The west has a lot of adjustment to do. In the meantime many delight in/flash their eastern built tech while fbing me me me.

 

[Johnno260]

By the by/e why did the wife have a call on this? Do you have a call on her economical health and transport investment?

I was made redundant by my firm, but they have kept me on as a temp, so any big spends I talk to her about as technically I don’t have a full time job.

I saved my rear end off for my roadie and everyone was made aware if they wanted ideas for birthday/Xmas gifts then it was vouchers for the LBS.

 

[screenman]

The new bikes I have bought have been last years models discounted.Unless the spec is upgraded why pay hundreds more for essentially the same bike?

Nothing wrong with buying something when you want it rather than when it becomes chaeper as you may not live to that day.

Living as I do in Lincolnshire I know of so many people who live extremely frugaly and die leaving large wads of cash. There again if your pleasure in life comes from hoarding the pennies then I am sure they are happy.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Nothing wrong with buying something when you want it rather than when it becomes chaeper as you may not live to that day.

Living as I do in Lincolnshire I know of so many people who live extremely frugaly and die leaving large wads of cash. There again if your pleasure in life comes from hoarding the pennies then I am sure they are happy.

Frugal is a good quality in my book. If more people were more frugal we wouldn't be sitting on a trillion pounds (or whatever the number is) of personal debt - some of which has been accrued by expenditure on needs and some of which by expenditure on wants. No idea what the split would be.

Frugal doesn't mean a life of penury. Mrs SD and I are very frugal but we are a million miles from hard up and lead a very comfortable life.

 

[screenman]

You do not have to have debts to not be frugal.

 

[petek]

Nothing wrong with buying something when you want it rather than when it becomes chaeper as you may not live to that day.

Living as I do in Lincolnshire I know of so many people who live extremely frugaly and die leaving large wads of cash. There again if your pleasure in life comes from hoarding the pennies then I am sure they are happy.

Aye, Lincolnshire people know what a pound will buy. That plus we have a lot of retirees eking out their pensions.
MrsP is the saver in our house, I'm not; but she keeps me on a short lead.
Advantage of that being, if either of us does want a big ticket item, we can buy it.
Hence my new Pashley.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

You do not have to have debts to not be frugal.

Agreed. But looking at news story after news story about people up to their neck in debt not knowing what to do to get out of their financial mire and belatedly realising that buying the latest greatest, following must have trends, flitting off to eg Dubai etc was their downfall; leads me to believe that a bit of frugality wouldn't come amiss in some quarters.

Bit OT - maybe we need a frugality thread.

 

[screenman]

Aye, Lincolnshire people know what a pound will buy. That plus we have a lot of retirees eking out their pensions.
MrsP is the saver in our house, I'm not; but she keeps me on a short lead.
Advantage of that being, if either of us does want a big ticket item, we can buy it.
Hence my new Pashley.

There are a lot of wealthy pensioners in Lincolnshire, a longtime of making Yorkshire folk look generous has taken care of that.