Originally Posted by Psimet2001

No one has those.... In fact I've actually rifled through all the Shimano I had (what little of it). This whole industry spent years pushing us to a JIT model for inventory by having everything available to us at all times and within a 1 day transport. Between the massive availability and the fact that we were being offered wholesale pricing that was sometimes more than online bike shop's retail pricing it's no wonder that we all stopped stocking things.

This year will cause a lot of bike shops to simply go out of business. Says a lot. Most interest in bicycles since the oil crisis of the 70's and bike shops are going out of business.


That's what most of us are being charged for freight to the store for each bike. Looks like they just did a pass through on it. Well done. Also thanks for not starting a thread on here about how your bike shop gouged you for a shipping cost.