[*BCM*] New Bike!!!

[Mars]

They're nice bikes. A co-worker of mine picked one up off ebay (I assume 
that's where you got yours) and for that price, it's great. $1000; No. 
If they were to sell in a retail shop, they would go for around $500 to 
$600; they're comparible to an IRO frame built up with mid-range components.

Yep, the interweb is great, but if everyone were to buy everything from 
the interweb, the only people with jobs left would be dudes in their 
basement running online shops who drop-ship all their merchandise so 
they don't even need to pay for a warehouse, some 13 year old in China 
welding these things, and the folks at UPS.

Bike shops have a pretty thin profit margin. They don't charge the 
prices they charge in order to make a killing; they're just trying to 
make a living and stay in business. Retail space is REALLY expensive.

. nevele wrote:
>
> http://myspace-578.vo.llnwd.net/01395/87/55/1395135578_l.jpg
>
> not that everyone cares, but i'm really excited about this.
>
> $327 for a bike that in any bike shop in this town would cost nearly 
> $1k. but thanks to the amazing interweb i don't have to deal with the 
> frakkin stupidly highly priced non-deals the shops in this town have 
> to offer. frak, even BNB charges $400 for a used fixed gear! how the 
> hell are we going to get more folks in to riding bikes if they can't 
> afford them!? bleh!!
>
> ....mmm.. rummm. ;D
>
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