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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by kemayo on Sunday January 15, 2017 @07:27PM (#13407420)
Do bear in mind inflation. $200 in 1987 is approximately equivalent to $430 today [1].

So we could reasonably predict, ignoring technology changes, that your $200 bike was at least twice as good as a $200 bike bought this year.

[1]: http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=20...

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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by SwellJoe on Sunday January 15, 2017 @08:18PM (#13407626)
So, I obviously underestimated inflation.

My first bike (the Chromoly Huffy I mentioned a couple of posts back) cost a little less than $100 in about 1983. That same $100 is $242 today. $242 will actually buy an all Chromoly BMX bike today ( http://a.co/5vAYzBc ). So, I guess we're keeping pace with inflation, and I need to tie an onion to my belt, as was the fashion at the time. We just need to re-arrange our expectations to match current reality.

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