Bikeradar's pricing scale

hubba hubba

The Koga Miyata Team Edition road bike is described as an “Affordable aluminium road bike”. It costs £1600.
So is bikeradar's road bike pricing scale as follows...

~£7000 - expensive
~£5000 – a bit pricey
~£2500 - normal
~£1600 - affordable
~£1000 - cheap
~£500 - pittance

redddraggon

It is an enthusiasts site.....

STEFANOS4784

1600 :?: I'll take 2

Frank the tank

hubba hubba wrote:

The Koga Miyata Team Edition road bike is described as an “Affordable aluminium road bike”. It costs £1600.
So is bikeradar's road bike pricing scale as follows...

~£7000 - expensive
~£5000 – a bit pricey
~£2500 - normal
~£1600 - affordable
~£1000 - cheap
~£500 - pittance

Surely how "affordable" depends on your expendable income :!:

£7,000 is cheap if you're Richard Branson, not so if you're Frank the tank.

Enthusiasm for this sport/passtime has naff all to do with your income. Someone who only has very limited funds can cycle as enthusiastically as the wealthy, just on a lower budget.

hubba hubba

It is an enthusiasts site.....

And I am an enthusiast but I feel bike mags have lost sight of value for money when describing bikes/products in their reviews.

STEFANOS4784

Just as top gear stopped reviewing 'normal' cars, credit crunch is here, useless(over-paid) jobs are shrinking..................watch this space :arrow:

redddraggon

hubba hubba wrote:

It is an enthusiasts site.....

And I am an enthusiast but I feel bike mags have lost sight of value for money when describing bikes/products in their reviews.

I suppose, but even though I can't afford a De Rosa/Colnago/Viner/Parlee/BMC/etc I'd much rather read reviews about them than a Tiagra or Sora equipped Specialized.....