If you had the money to buy a new bike would you?

New bike or old bike

  • Buy new bike

  • Buy older "used" bike


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black lightning 1987

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Have you checked stock at local (even semi-local) dealers? Been a long time since I bought a new bike but you used to be able to get a substantial discount once the next year's models were in stock. I bought my first Cannondale in January or February of 1990. It was a 1989 model and I think I paid about 75% of the 1989 retail price.
 
At least around me (SW lower MI), the inventory at the dealers is a fraction of what it used to be, so leftover bikes, which seem to be few, stay at their original price. I ride an XL frame, and finding those in stock has been nearly impossible.
 

black lightning 1987

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I ran it through the Cannondale dealer search but the site didn't show any in stock at MI, IL, WI, IN dealers. Just said call for availability. May try some other models and see if it does actually show some as in stock at a dealer.
 

black lightning 1987

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Ran a large black Topstone 4 through the system and came up with it in stock at 5 dealers in the Midwest. Ran it through in Mango and found it in stock at dealers in NY, UT, WA, and FL. So the system evidently works. Seems like it's going to be tough to find.
 
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