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What it does is it ruins the reputition of the second hand bike. Which keeps
the prices down for "good" bikes, 'cause noone trusts a good looking bike
anymore - you see people wrapping their bikes, putting protectors on all the
parts that normally wear visually etc. - to hide the fact that the bike itself
(i.e. the parts subjected to non-visual wear-and-tear) is actually worn out.
Peel the wrap off the frame and it looks like new. A set of new tires (or even
just some tire shine) and new grips, e voila, you have a bike that's being
"sold due to a lack of time, barely ridden". I've personally seen super clean,
polished bikes with the forks filled halfway up with sand from pressure
washing them every day. Forks - dead. Shock - dead. Bearings - dead.
Drivetrain - dead. Wheels - dead.
Which is why no one wants to spend more than 50p on a used bike.
Dec. 15, 2015, 11:10 p.m. - kain0m
#!markdown What it does is it ruins the reputition of the second hand bike. Which keeps the prices down for "good" bikes, 'cause noone trusts a good looking bike anymore - you see people wrapping their bikes, putting protectors on all the parts that normally wear visually etc. - to hide the fact that the bike itself (i.e. the parts subjected to non-visual wear-and-tear) is actually worn out. Peel the wrap off the frame and it looks like new. A set of new tires (or even just some tire shine) and new grips, e voila, you have a bike that's being "sold due to a lack of time, barely ridden". I've personally seen super clean, polished bikes with the forks filled halfway up with sand from pressure washing them every day. Forks - dead. Shock - dead. Bearings - dead. Drivetrain - dead. Wheels - dead. Which is why no one wants to spend more than 50p on a used bike.