Well, I paid about $200 in that same year, 1974, for a PX-10 equivalent LeJeune. I guess that makes me old enough to be Bob's Dad. Sigh!!!!, it's hell getting old.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> In a message dated 5/8/2003 2:28:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
>
> > Whenever I hear people complain about the "prices of bikes these days" I
> > head right over to The Inflation Calculator <
> > http://www.westegg.com/
> > Now the average price of these 9 bikes are $928 which is $535 in '84 ,
$238
> > in '74, and $164 in '64.
> > Using these calculations the bikes these days are a real deal. I'm sure
> > someone can give us a breakdown of the $238 bikes of the mid-70s, so
what
> > were they so we can have a real comparison?
> > enjoy,
> > Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> > SB, CA
> >
>
> My Dad paid $250 (tax included) for a Peugeot PX-10 in 1974, and I paid
$220
> for the same bike in 1972. When I bought mine, the only other bike I
could
> find with a full 531DB frame that was as cheap was a Mercian... everything
> else was higher.
>
> Bob Hovey
> Columbus, GA