Low resale value

[LongRanger_imp]

I'm starting to. The last few bikes I've bought were used, not new, for this exact reason. New bikes tend to suffer a significant depreciation hit, which is fine if you intend to keep them forever and ride the wheels off 'em, but with five bikes in the garage, mine tend to rack up the years more quickly than they rack up the miles. So, after ten years of ownership, many will only have 30,000-40,000 miles, which isn't a lot. But a ten year old bike is usually only worth a fraction of MSRP, regardless of mileage, so why start in a hole?