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  • Let's Go 2 the Mall!@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    7 months ago

    I bought a budget Giant for around $800. I also have a Gravity bike that cost $300. The Gravity is a better bike. Even their budget bikes are overpriced.

    • JrockwarEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      I bought a Cube in 2020. I’ve just checked: the equivalent 2024 model, with pretty much identical components, (but a full 3% lighter!!) is exactly 60% more expensive.

      Yeah, pass. I can wait another 5 years without a new one.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        7 months ago

        I bought my Giant Warp DS2 in 2004. I still have it. There it shall remain.

        There isn’t a damn thing wrong with it (and it’s motorized now). 26" wheels were good enough for our forefathers, so they’re good enough for me.