Sports vehicles including bicycles inflation, 1978–2026

Prices are 133.26% higher than in 1978, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Prices for Sports Vehicles Including Bicycles, 1978-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for sports vehicles including bicycles are 133.26% higher in 2026 versus 1978 (a $26.65 difference in value).

Between 1978 and 2026, Sports vehicles including bicycles experienced an average inflation rate of 1.78% per year. In other words, sports vehicles including bicycles costing $20 in the year 1978 would cost $46.65 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.45% during this same period, inflation for sports vehicles including bicycles was lower.

Price Inflation for Sports vehicles including bicycles since 1978

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (10.10%), 1979 (7.05%), and 2021 (6.94%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 1978

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Sports vehicles including bicycles, over time, for $20 beginning in 1978. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
1978$20.00-
1979$21.417.05%
1980$23.5710.10%
1981$25.166.73%
1982$26.274.40%
1983$26.551.09%
1984$27.613.98%
1985$28.483.16%
1986$28.31-0.60%
1987$28.28-0.09%
1988$29.193.21%
1989$30.103.11%
1990$30.922.73%
1991$31.491.85%
1992$32.101.94%
1993$32.320.68%
1994$32.781.41%
1995$33.592.48%
1996$33.700.33%
1997$33.38-0.96%
1998$33.580.62%
1999$34.502.73%
2000$35.091.71%
2001$35.611.47%
2002$35.34-0.76%
2003$34.92-1.17%
2004$35.070.43%
2005$35.711.81%
2006$36.993.59%
2007$36.98-0.03%
2008$37.371.07%
2009$37.560.49%
2010$37.890.88%
2011$39.273.65%
2012$39.781.31%
2013$40.221.10%
2014$40.10-0.31%
2015$40.08-0.04%
2016$39.45-1.57%
2017$38.97-1.23%
2018$39.792.13%
2019$41.203.53%
2020$42.192.40%
2021$45.116.94%
2022$47.214.65%
2023$47.260.10%
2024$46.29-2.05%
2025$44.82-3.17%
2026$46.654.08%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Sports vehicles including bicycles:

Year1978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
CPI74.60079.85887.92593.84297.97599.042102.983106.233105.600105.500108.883112.267115.333117.467119.742120.558122.258125.292125.700124.492125.267128.683130.883132.808131.800130.258130.817133.183137.967137.923139.401140.082141.313146.466148.385150.023149.555149.499147.150145.340148.435153.676157.358168.278176.106176.274172.666167.185174.013

Adjust sports vehicles including bicycles prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2026 / CPI in 1978* 1978 USD value = 2026 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Sports vehicles including bicycles was 74.600 in the year 1978 and 174.013 in 2026:

174.013 / 74.600* $20 = $46.65

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 1978 has the same "purchasing power" as $46.65 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Sports vehicles including bicycles).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Sports vehicles including bicycles in 1978. In addition to sports vehicles including bicycles, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.