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I bought my last bike used for 10 €. That's less than a pizza.
Sure, I needed to tighten the brakes, buy new batteries for the light, and the gearshifting only works on 7 of 21 gears. But come on, what do you expect from a pizza?
Where are bikes more expensive than a used car? I literally just bought a pretty sweet used touring bike for 200 bucks. I guess you could find a cheaper used car but it isn’t going to run.
Decent commuter bikes from the major brands have gotten in to the 600-700 dollar range which sucks but is still pretty far away from used car prices.
You can still get bikes for less than half that from the direct to consumer companies.
So you either really need a carbon fiber bike with all the latest and greatest technology or you have incredibly low standards in used cars.
I took it he meant new bike vs used car. Of course new bike will be cheaper than used care and used bike will be cheaper than used car.
IDK, there are bikes out there that definitely cost more than a new entry level car, definitely outliers but they exist.
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I had high hopes for the carboard bike but the guy seemed to be to restrictive in his ideals to get it to production. I was hoping for a bike so cheap I could lock it up with a luggage lock and light wire. something like what an av projector might have in a classroom.