Originally Posted by
Santuri32
T-Mar,
A mid-year bikeI... I think I heard that for some cars but never heard of a mid year model on for bikes. Is this something relatively rare? They must have been selling many bikes.
Are these advertisement that came on a bike magazine?
Thanks again
The Mountain Bike Specialists sale announcement may also have been in a magazine but I got mine because I was on the mailing list at the time.
While they are fairly rare, I have seen other cases of mid-year model changes and introductions. 1972 was a particularly notorious year for fluctuating model specs. It was the year that the boom took off and there were widespread component shortages as a result. Bicycle manufacturers were forced to make do with whatever they could get. Each new shipment of bicycles was reminiscent of a birthday present, in that you never knew exactly to expect, until you opened the cartons. I've always considered 1972 to be the genesis of the "specifications subject to change without warning" disclaimer.