Originally Posted by
prj71
I was looking around when he replied. Yeah I don't know. I didn't have any problems finding any parts I needed the past 2 years. Was even able to buy hubs for the 2 carbon wheelsets I had built up.
From my list above...My bike shop couldn't get some of the parts for a bike rebuild I was doing (they claimed supply chain shortage through their vendors) so I had to source them online and bring them in to the bikes shop. Whatever they couldn't get I had in 2-3 days.
Kool Stop and other brands also supply LO3A alternatives.
https://glorycycles.com/kool-stop-co...-shimano-l03a/
https://www.amazon.com/Hardheaded-Ra...0163802&sr=8-5
I think it depends on what you were looking for during the pandemic. Shimano rotors were, for a time, extremely difficult to find, and expensive when available -- well over msrp. Chains were available, but often at prices much higher than pre-pandemic levels. And hopefully you weren't looking for a complete bike in 2020, because the few shops I frequent were pretty much tapped out from about April onward.