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Old 06-24-21, 09:47 AM
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Whilst groupset manufacturers have struggled to keep up with demand (which, comprehending manufacturing and the limitations of expanding quickly is completely understandable) not all bike shops have "run out of bikes". When COVID first hit a lot of bike shops closed their doors and cancelled orders. Those that had foresight invested in that surplus stock early on before the boom and got their orders in early for the rest of the year. At XXXX we did exactly that and we have had bikes and continue to have bikes throughout the pandemic. We do benefit from not depending on one brand, we work with many and those shops who depend heavily on one or 2 brands may want to re-think that approach. Another trick we found is to not be too fussy about the stock you receive from your brands. Maybe you want a different colour, size or groupset, but we take everything we can get and it has worked a treat!

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