Grog, I wish the used bike market was a little better, at least for road bikes. I happen to be in Boulder on business. Boulder is one of the bicycling capitals of the world! Bikes and bike shops EVERYWHERE.

Not a single used bike in any of the shops. The only place we could find that specializes in used bikes is only open 4 days a week (not open on Monday). We went to EVERY shop. Boulder Craigslist is full of bikes--many many listings every single day. Very very few road bikes, and those that were listed were the high end ones, out of our budget. We were astounded. Lots of mountain bikes on CL.

Maybe it's just Boulder that is like this, but we are still wondering if people just keep their road bikes in the garage long after they stop riding them? So there's no market for them? things that make you go hmmm. (We did eventually get a screaming deal on a road bike, at Performance, the last bike shop we planned to visit.)

I hope QueenCarlotta has better luck in Tennessee.

Karen