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Originally Posted by Johnny199r
I emailed my local bike shop inquiring about ordering a Trek road bike I had researched.
Unfortunately, the global bicycle shortage has continued into 2021. I'm told it's impossible to place new orders for bicycles. It comes down to what they already have, or what was previously ordered, which I have a strong suspicion will be only very expensive models rather than the $1000 entry level model I want.
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It would be the opposite. Many companies have cut out there top of the line bikes and niche bikes this year to allow the manufacturing to.keep up with the bread and butter.
The bread and butter of most bike shops is the $500 to 1000 dollar bikes. Followed closely by the 1600 t0 2200 dollar bikes.
A person coming in to buy a $2500 + in my store isn't usually buying a bike that day. That's a few visits over maybe a few weeks. They want to really compare options at the store then almost every other store. The people who want to invest in a top tier bike take a good amount of time in their purchase. Our shop will sell a dozen bikes in the 500 to 1000 range in a day at times before you make a big sale.
That's just how it is. That's what the average joe rides contrary to how the industry markets the image of what is normal.
Yes, the majority of shops will have done there bookings in Aug/Sept. I know many other stores that have been sold out of bikes since June. I know customers have had money down since the end off July. Many of our brands were suppose to come in at the end of October bit due to manufacturing disruptions again they got pushed back till late feb/march. A couple of companies I know got pushed back till May.