Originally Posted by
JonathanGennick
I also wonder if some of what I see is the result of changing habits around how people get rid of unwanted frames. Back in the day I would cruise eBay and would find plentiful quantities of 26er hardtail frames, and often good ones like the Rockhopper M4 superlight frames that I snagged three of one year. These days eBay feels like sort of a wasteland in that regard.
So I've been browsing too, see my recent thread about rigid 29ers.
You're right, I'm seeing way fewer good used frames. In the semi distant past I've sold a GT xziang, a Zaskar LE, Felt B2, a Scandium Olympus, an unbranded 7000 series frame, and a multitude of components. It's just not there anymore. When I do find something, its like $200 less than retail and almost always for someone 6'3".
Those bikes are going somewhere. I sell my unwanted ones at the he local Co-op. Pros Closet probably gets a few. Craigslist a few more. FB marketplace occasionally. Not much here but there are a few more forums with classifieds. It's pretty diluted and that keeps the used price higher.