[midnightclubbed]

While supply struggles to catch up with demand (and with 'regular' order levels) the used bike market will command high prices. Unless those people who spent $6k on a bike 'need' the money they'll be looking for a premium price.

Once the market stabilizes the bike manufacturers and dealers will go back to offering generous trade-in and 'last years model' discounts and those impulse bikes will have to drop a lot off their original price to look like a bargain. I suspect it will look a lot like the US used car market where a new car is cheaper than the same thing with 20k miles - by the time you account for manufacturer promotional discounts and dealer haggling.

Also I'm not sure I'd want to roll the dice on any used carbon frameset or wheels. Are modern carbon frames less brittle than I am led to believe?