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<blockquote data-quote="zog" data-source="post: 1825322" data-attributes="member: 102742"><p>Coupled with the evolution of internet over the last 15 years - there are so many options for so many enthusiast endeavors, and now we can see them all and share new ideas and real experiences with them. So we just have to try it because we got bored with our "finished" product. Then having the latest becomes almost a competition in itself.</p><p></p><p>Now add a great economy with so much discretionary spending and there seem to be no limits as to what's coming down the pike.</p><p></p><p>It's true of so many pursuits - shooting, mountain biking, road cycling, photography, snowmobiling, 4x4, backpacking, motorbikes, climbing, fishing, custom touring vans, even "traditional" archery where you can spend $1500 or more on a custom made carbon fiber longbow only to have it outdated in two years by some new idea that somebody has the money to try.</p><p></p><p>Look at mountain biking, for one . . . A custom builder I know says his builds are outdated almost as soon as he finishes one. Somebody is always trying a new idea or design for their specialized or personal wants on virtually every large and small component of the bike. Riders willing to spend the money will see it, want to try it out, and bam - there's a new specialty component out there that everybody "needs" throughout the biking internet world. Then they can just sell the last one, at a loss but that's ok because its a pursuit, to the used market. My neighbors now take three $5k bikes each when they go to Moab, to have just the right bike for whatever terrain they're going to ride that day. They's just one couple and they load up six bikes!</p><p></p><p>I see shooting/hunting much the same nowadays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zog, post: 1825322, member: 102742"] Coupled with the evolution of internet over the last 15 years - there are so many options for so many enthusiast endeavors, and now we can see them all and share new ideas and real experiences with them. So we just have to try it because we got bored with our "finished" product. Then having the latest becomes almost a competition in itself. Now add a great economy with so much discretionary spending and there seem to be no limits as to what's coming down the pike. It's true of so many pursuits - shooting, mountain biking, road cycling, photography, snowmobiling, 4x4, backpacking, motorbikes, climbing, fishing, custom touring vans, even "traditional" archery where you can spend $1500 or more on a custom made carbon fiber longbow only to have it outdated in two years by some new idea that somebody has the money to try. Look at mountain biking, for one . . . A custom builder I know says his builds are outdated almost as soon as he finishes one. Somebody is always trying a new idea or design for their specialized or personal wants on virtually every large and small component of the bike. Riders willing to spend the money will see it, want to try it out, and bam - there's a new specialty component out there that everybody "needs" throughout the biking internet world. Then they can just sell the last one, at a loss but that's ok because its a pursuit, to the used market. My neighbors now take three $5k bikes each when they go to Moab, to have just the right bike for whatever terrain they're going to ride that day. They's just one couple and they load up six bikes! I see shooting/hunting much the same nowadays. [/QUOTE]
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