>>1830656All the mayors/governors/prime ministers who decided to put everyone under house arrest over the flu with nothing to do and no legally-permissible reason to go outside other than exercise, causing everyone to instantly buy up all the exercise equipment on the fucking planet. Plus the federal government deciding to go full-Venezuela and crank the money printers up to max speed triggering massive inflation (err...I mean Putin's Price Hike). That $1,100 msrp "entry level" bike that the shop has a $1,300 price tag on was $850 in 2019.
If you're not set on a road bike though hybrids and hardtail mountain bikes are significantly cheaper for similar quality levels.
>>1830673No idea what the tiers of anything were in 1986 but a Fuji Team already cost more than $1,000 in 1995. Not a good comparison.
https://www.bicyclebluebook.com/value-guide/product/34061/ 
