Re: Do bicycles and cars mix?

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> > > Sure, though a bicycle depreciates to zero the instant you buy it if
> > > not sooner, at least it's cheaper.

Not always correct.  Each year at Penn State the police hold an action of
all the bikes left by students and otherwise recovered on campus.  Usually
the decent major brand mountain bikes, say a Trek 8xx or specialized
Rockhoper go for about $35 if they have front suspension about $15 if they
do not.  The shinny funky dual suspension department store style bikes, say
a Mongoose, usually get bid up to more than their cost during WalMart's sale
prices, highs biks around $75 and such.

The road bikes, a Trek 730 Touring bike or lugged specialized Allez, are
usually sold in lots with all the other "ten-speed" bicycles the salvage
workers think no one wants.  You can normally get a stack of about ten
"ten-speed" bikes that will include one prize, maybe one cool old 3 speed
and a bunch of huffy 10-speeds from the late 80's.