+1 for the current slayer on all those points. There's one in my riding group that got picked up the year it came out and isn't going anywhere. Like all modernish rockys, access to ride-whatever and easy anglesets mean they can get reeeeallly long in the tooth before moving on, if ever.
I will say however, Slayers may be exempt or an exception, at least in this province, due to their inclusion in bike park rental fleets. I can't say how much of an impact this has, and I don't know what overlap a clapped rental slayer has with a clapped rental DH bike, but I think it might impact the price somewhat. How many Slayers does Rocky sell in the entire province on an annual basis? Is the number of rental bikes churning through fleets enough to have an impact on the used market? I don't know, but watching prices locally (Sun Peaks and Silver Star dump bikes into a MUCH smaller market than the Lower Mainland!) rentals seem to have some impact. I can't say how much.
June 14, 2022, 6:39 p.m. - Lu Kz
+1 for the current slayer on all those points. There's one in my riding group that got picked up the year it came out and isn't going anywhere. Like all modernish rockys, access to ride-whatever and easy anglesets mean they can get reeeeallly long in the tooth before moving on, if ever. I will say however, Slayers may be exempt or an exception, at least in this province, due to their inclusion in bike park rental fleets. I can't say how much of an impact this has, and I don't know what overlap a clapped rental slayer has with a clapped rental DH bike, but I think it might impact the price somewhat. How many Slayers does Rocky sell in the entire province on an annual basis? Is the number of rental bikes churning through fleets enough to have an impact on the used market? I don't know, but watching prices locally (Sun Peaks and Silver Star dump bikes into a MUCH smaller market than the Lower Mainland!) rentals seem to have some impact. I can't say how much.