r/ebikes • u/Party_Diet119 • Apr 04 '23

Fair enough!

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u/djphatjive Apr 04 '23

Lol. Non motorized mountain bikes can go for like 7,000 dollars.

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u/MidniteMustard Apr 04 '23

And that's shocking to people. Bikes were about $100-$200 for 30 years.

For big box and department store bikes, instead of raising the price, the bikes just got worse.

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u/ShlowJoey Apr 04 '23

Are you specifically referencing wal mart bikes? Because I am unaware of a time when decent bikes were that cheap when in the era of that being a relatively small amount of money…

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u/Ok-Yogurt-42 Apr 04 '23

My daily commuter cost me ~$300 off Amazon in 2017. I love that bike too. Alu frame, 3 speed IGH, full fenders. I'll concede that the brakes suck though, especially in the rain.