Bike Shortages to Continue through 2021?
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The local shop by me is a Trek dealer, along with a few other smaller ones. I was in there today, and they had about a dozen new bikes-in-boxes awaiting assembly. Looked impressive, but who knows.... These might be bikes people have been waiting for for months!
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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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It just keeps rolling on, huh?
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/inte...s#.YNUtNuj7SUl
"Shimano has manufactured lower-priced hubs, derailleurs, wheels, pedals, freewheels and brakes at its Malaysia facilities, which it first established in 1990."
I wouldn't call XT lower priced? Every XT crankset I've ever owned has had "Made in Malaysia" written on the crank arm.
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/inte...s#.YNUtNuj7SUl
"Shimano has manufactured lower-priced hubs, derailleurs, wheels, pedals, freewheels and brakes at its Malaysia facilities, which it first established in 1990."
I wouldn't call XT lower priced? Every XT crankset I've ever owned has had "Made in Malaysia" written on the crank arm.
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Shops in my area are starting to fill out again.
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I don't need to buy any new bikes...I have enough bikes and I am not worried about bike shortages.
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The only thing that has me slightly concerned is replacement parts. Complete bikes are readily available near me, but Shimano parts can't be had for love or money.
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Yes- near me, we have one respected independent shop which has recently shuttered due to insufficient supply of bikes to sell, and a corporate chain which has a wide variety of types of bikes in the showroom, but also reports that things like rear derailleurs and garden-variety cranksets are scarce right now.
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Yes- near me, we have one respected independent shop which has recently shuttered due to insufficient supply of bikes to sell, and a corporate chain which has a wide variety of types of bikes in the showroom, but also reports that things like rear derailleurs and garden-variety cranksets are scarce right now.
I don't have access to that site, but there are a few Giant and Merida models that I would consider stripping for parts in the future. The good thing is that you can just take any leftover bike for it as well, without worrying about frame size, as you aren't in it for the frame or the wheels and can truthfully sell that stuff as brand new take off parts for close to its new market value (it lacks packaging etc.). There are a few bikes out there, like the Decathlon RC 520 with Shimano 105 on it, that just jump out as candidates. Their cranksets alone, if bought new, would cost close to a fifth or a quarter of the price of the entire bike in some cases. It's worth considering.
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Supply demand.
At 10k to move a 40, curious to know if more cans are being made. If their is steel in the right places of the world to make them.
Maybe 5 years ago you could buy a can for scrap price or less. Supply demand.