It does ebb and flow. I lived through the 70s gas crisis. Suddenly Detroit we’re making smaller cars to compete with Japan. But that was temporary. We came back to bigger is better. Hence the Tacoma is similar in size to what full size trucks were a while back and now I can’t see over the side of some big pick ups into the bed. Sure I’m very short but who needs a 5.5 foot box? The sense I get now is that some people are downsizing or buying fewer but better things for environmental reasons on top of various financial reasons and ethical reasons. Patagonia advertise their stuff as being ethical and well made to last and they will repair stuff. Levi’s are doing something similar. I see good reason to sell my bikes for something new. Nothing wrong with my current sleds. Buy a new NSB stem and call it a new bike.
May 19, 2022, 12:41 p.m. - Andy Eunson
It does ebb and flow. I lived through the 70s gas crisis. Suddenly Detroit we’re making smaller cars to compete with Japan. But that was temporary. We came back to bigger is better. Hence the Tacoma is similar in size to what full size trucks were a while back and now I can’t see over the side of some big pick ups into the bed. Sure I’m very short but who needs a 5.5 foot box? The sense I get now is that some people are downsizing or buying fewer but better things for environmental reasons on top of various financial reasons and ethical reasons. Patagonia advertise their stuff as being ethical and well made to last and they will repair stuff. Levi’s are doing something similar. I see good reason to sell my bikes for something new. Nothing wrong with my current sleds. Buy a new NSB stem and call it a new bike.