We rode to a park with our grandchildren. The black Bianchi Grizzly with the pink tires is an '87, bought used in '91. The white Rocky Mountain Fusion is an '02. Purchased in September 2002 for $650 from a camp that buys new, uses them for the summer, and then sells them off at the end of the summer. I'd say both have aged better than the Windstar/Freestar in the background.
The purple/mauve bike was being thrown out, and the little green bike was $15 just a couple of months ago.
The Thule bike trailer was also used. $400, but has served us well for about 5 years now.