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Originally Posted by prototoast
So overall, I think in most cases, the extra money people are spending on bicycles reflects an increased willingness to pay for higher quality more than a general increase in the price level of bicycles, but I admit that there is so room for disagreement on assessments of quality.
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I take your whole point and I don't want to argue with you, but I might amend that to say "fancier" rather than higher quality. I don't know that ultra-aero bikes with integrated cabling and "lovely clean lines" are necessarily higher quality.
I do wholeheartedly agree that there is a quality increase over time in the sense that R7000 "105" is solidly better than 7400 Dura Ace. The quality of each specific group has increased.