Informal survey indicates that there is an inverse relationship between the median price of a used car, and the median price of a used bike. Looking at the list, I strongly suspect it has something to do with the weather. You couldn't pay me enough to bike commute in Phoenix during July.
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Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.