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Luigi De Guzman
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I love google. It gives me new toys every day. I stumbled across an inflation calculator today:
<http://www.westegg.com/inflation/>
According to this, US$ 100.00 in 1979 is worth US$ 265.28 in 2002 dollars.
So I'm curious--what did you oldtimers pay for 'good' road bikes back in the day? Have prices risen
or fallen in real terms over the past twenty, thirty years? Or have they stayed even?
If this fellow's calculator is correct, then, I've got some interesting findings:
In 1979...
A *mart special bike costs around $30.00 An entry-level road bike costs around $225.00 A racer or a
tourer costs $336.00
Fascinating.
-Luigi "rerum cognoscere causas" -motto, London School of Economics & Political Science
<http://www.westegg.com/inflation/>
According to this, US$ 100.00 in 1979 is worth US$ 265.28 in 2002 dollars.
So I'm curious--what did you oldtimers pay for 'good' road bikes back in the day? Have prices risen
or fallen in real terms over the past twenty, thirty years? Or have they stayed even?
If this fellow's calculator is correct, then, I've got some interesting findings:
In 1979...
A *mart special bike costs around $30.00 An entry-level road bike costs around $225.00 A racer or a
tourer costs $336.00
Fascinating.
-Luigi "rerum cognoscere causas" -motto, London School of Economics & Political Science