Here is one of many such reports ; https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bicycle-sales-up-inventory-shortages-coronavirus-pandemic/
Bike Sales Are UP !!
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For real. Anecdotal evidence: I went to Target yesterday. I always walk through the bike section. This is what it looked like:
And this was the parts/accessories rack:
I actually asked a kid working there stocking shelves in sporting goods... did they move the bikes somewhere else or are they really all gone?
He told me that's it, they're all sold. People are buying like crazy. He said he came in one day recently and found it like this and was surprised as I was.
And this was the parts/accessories rack:
I actually asked a kid working there stocking shelves in sporting goods... did they move the bikes somewhere else or are they really all gone?
He told me that's it, they're all sold. People are buying like crazy. He said he came in one day recently and found it like this and was surprised as I was.
I sell a lot of used bikes and thats what my inventory looks like too! Ive raised my prices 25% on the few I had left and had people fighting over them yesterday. Bikes are the new toiletpaper!
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Yeah. Unfortunately, the boom has raised the prices on the junk I hunt now. For a while, people were unloading stuff, good stuff, for cheap. Now, people are unloading cheap stuff for not cheap. Hard to predict the weather, or wether the boom will show up as a glut of bikes on the used market in a few months.
That's the way I see it. Play the long game. Get ready to pick all these bikes up cheap at yard sales in the summer of 2021.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
That's cool, there's a Jamis bike from 2019 that sold out before I got one. Hopefully one of those babies will fall in my lap.
The local bike shop I go to is sold out of everything but the highest end bikes. They can't keep tubes or chain lube in stock either. They had to stop taking bikes for servicing for a bit cause they couldn't keep up with the number coming in. Heck when I was furloughed for a week they offered me a job for the week.
Because the bike shops are so slammed and my rep is good in my 'hood, I don't have to seek a regular job yet. I've had a few people bring bikes that were set up poorly by less than reputable bike shops and they all wheel away on a better ride.
It was another crazy weekend of bike sales for me. If this doesn't let up, I'll never get to my build-off bike which is usually what happens anyway 
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
^like, but also not like.
GTB!!!
GTB!!!
I've sold over $11K in bike stuff since the first of the year. It's good to be the kingfish.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Lol at first I missed the "K". Thought you were bragging about eleven bucks. Sometimes it's hard being Matti
Thompson grip sales have been favorable this year too.
2 of those K's were from selling Rockafella and another 1.3 of them was the frame from Holeshot.
Walmart today:
If you want a 12" or 16" Disney-themed bike, you might be in luck...
If you want a 12" or 16" Disney-themed bike, you might be in luck...
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
I'd blame the lazy jerks on the floor of their warehouse, but it's too hot to leave this air conditioned cafeteria! Seriously though, it's hard to keep up with the demand, with all the people not at work, we're about ten days behind on our orders.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
I can provide photos of trailers full of bikes. And racking full of the stuff. I'm in the distribution center now. I can show you bikes we received over a year ago if you want.
*I was being facetious about the lazy jerks, I am talking about myself.
*I was being facetious about the lazy jerks, I am talking about myself.
