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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
How much is a good downhill mountain bike for racing?
I'm gonna say $2000? Honestly I don't know, but I reckon they ain't cheap.
I think that team sport vs individual sport is an unwinnable argument. Some personalities do well in team set ups, some in individual set ups where the out come is the sole result of their actions.
Activity, that is what is important. Get them active so they remain active throughout their lives.
I love that my 18 yr daughter comes and play shinny with my group (other than her trash talking me).
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I work in a shop that sponsors all types of riders and my boss was a nationally ranked rider. We are talking $5000 to 18000 for a quility bike in trail/enduro bike. 4500 and up is just what the average joe needs to pay for a rec bike. to start.3800 to 20,000,000 for a road bike/gravel/ cyclocross race quality bike.
Quility bikes aren't cheap and this year the average cost for a new bike across the whole price spectrum is 550 to 800 bucks even of nothing changes spec wise.
Company's have cut shops orders up to 70%, pre-orders for some products are over 450 days needed in advance now. The distributors are no longer offering terms for orders and no more free shipping on certain mins like there use to be.
You use to be able to find a decent fully for around 3500 but no more.
You could find a decent ok touring bike for around 1800 bucks but that same bike and level of components are now closer to 2600
Trust me it's not the shops doing it. Everything from start to finish in the process went up. We are just the last guys getting screwed in the line .