Ian Johnston wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 00:49:52 UTC, Bruce Hoult wrote:

: f the sport was growing then there wouldn't be enough older high
: performance gliders to go around

Only if it was growing faster than people bought new gliders.
Basically, wooden gliders rot away and plastic ones don't, so it's
inevitable that cheap old plastic gliders dominate the budget end of
the market.

It is inevitable, but not because of rot: the factories stopped making
wooden gliders about 35 years ago, so their number decreases as they are
crashed or neglected. Plastic gliders also suffer from crashes and
neglect, but they are still being built, so there is a ready supply of
"new" old ones.


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