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How little inventory is out there
I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the
year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? |
How little inventory is out there
Op zondag 29 november 2020 om 08:18:41 UTC+1 schreef Ralph Barone:
I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Are they out of stock or just not for sale? Lou |
How little inventory is out there
Lou Holtman wrote:
Op zondag 29 november 2020 om 08:18:41 UTC+1 schreef Ralph Barone: I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Are they out of stock or just not for sale? Lou I had ordered a Tacx Flux 2 from my LBS. After a long wait the told me there were none coming. I started looking around. Nothing local. Tried to buy one online from Garmin but wasn’t able to. Contacted Garmin. They said out of stock until February and advised that I look around for someone that had some left in stock. I found one from a place in FLA by a shop listed on eBay. I can’t wait to get the duty tax bill. I can’t believe Garmin didn’t see the market opportunity. |
How little inventory is out there
On 11/29/2020 1:18 AM, Ralph Barone wrote:
I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Yes. They are affected by the same shortages which emptied bicycle stores of bicycles in April. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
How little inventory is out there
Op zondag 29 november 2020 om 15:50:24 UTC+1 schreef Duane:
Lou Holtman wrote: Op zondag 29 november 2020 om 08:18:41 UTC+1 schreef Ralph Barone: I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Are they out of stock or just not for sale? Lou I had ordered a Tacx Flux 2 from my LBS. After a long wait the told me there were none coming. I started looking around. Nothing local. Tried to buy one online from Garmin but wasn’t able to. Contacted Garmin. They said out of stock until February and advised that I look around for someone that had some left in stock. I found one from a place in FLA by a shop listed on eBay. I can’t wait to get the duty tax bill. I can’t believe Garmin didn’t see the market opportunity. I looked at my favorite webshops. Wahoo and Tacx smart trainers are all out of stock until mid december-januari. I almost feel guilty to not have used my Tacx Neo2 for over a year. I was preparing to set up an online environment on my porch in April but we were allowed to ride outside thank god. Lou |
How little inventory is out there
Lou Holtman wrote:
Op zondag 29 november 2020 om 15:50:24 UTC+1 schreef Duane: Lou Holtman wrote: Op zondag 29 november 2020 om 08:18:41 UTC+1 schreef Ralph Barone: I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Are they out of stock or just not for sale? Lou I had ordered a Tacx Flux 2 from my LBS. After a long wait the told me there were none coming. I started looking around. Nothing local. Tried to buy one online from Garmin but wasn’t able to. Contacted Garmin. They said out of stock until February and advised that I look around for someone that had some left in stock. I found one from a place in FLA by a shop listed on eBay. I can’t wait to get the duty tax bill. I can’t believe Garmin didn’t see the market opportunity. I looked at my favorite webshops. Wahoo and Tacx smart trainers are all out of stock until mid december-januari. I almost feel guilty to not have used my Tacx Neo2 for over a year. I was preparing to set up an online environment on my porch in April but we were allowed to ride outside thank god. Lou I unfortunately sold my Vortex when the LBS told me they’d have some Flux 2 in any day now. I don’t really have the option of riding outside between December and April. I don’t like snow, ice, salt and slush anymore. |
How little inventory is out there
On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 11:18:41 PM UTC-8, Ralph Barone wrote:
I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Western Bikeworks in PDX has some Tacx trainers. https://www.westernbikeworks.com/pro...-drive-trainer Spendy. Bike Gallery has some trainers. https://www.bikegallery.com/product/...r-366464-1.htm River City, too: https://www.rivercitybicycles.com/pr...iner-18176.htm They certainly don't have the usual selection, and one of the big local shops, Universal, is pretty picked-over. https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...p?category=458 There were and are supply chain issues, but it seems like the demand planners really fell on their faces, too. Specialized way underestimated he demand and is now looking at Spring before many of its bike will be available again. The tariffs caused problems, too, as domestic companies had to shift manufacturing from China to Vietnam, Myanmar, etc. There were already supply disruptions for some products even before COVID. -- Jay Beattie. |
How little inventory is out there
On 11/29/2020 10:55 AM, jbeattie wrote:
There were and are supply chain issues, but it seems like the demand planners really fell on their faces, too. I'm not sure we can fault them. Bike sales suddenly jumped something like 75% over the previous year. Even if a bike company had all the necessary stock on hand - which would be impossible - it would be very tough to ramp up production by such a large amount. "Just in time" inventory control can normally save companies very significant money. But it makes it much harder to respond to this once-in-a-career surge. -- - Frank Krygowski |
How little inventory is out there
Lou Holtman wrote:
Op zondag 29 november 2020 om 08:18:41 UTC+1 schreef Ralph Barone: I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Are they out of stock or just not for sale? Lou Hard to tell. Practically speaking, is there a difference? |
How little inventory is out there
AMuzi wrote:
On 11/29/2020 1:18 AM, Ralph Barone wrote: I decided today that I would probably have a bit of leftover money at the year end, so maybe I’d buy myself one of those newfangled smart trainers to replace my ancient Minoura mag trainer. Looking online, I can’t find anything for sale in my area. I knew that cycling has had a popularity boom and that there have been supply chain issues, but is it that bad everywhere else? Yes. They are affected by the same shortages which emptied bicycle stores of bicycles in April. This has been the story of my life the last few months. I finally decide that I’m going to buy a big ticket item, only to discover that it is out of stock. Frustrating... |
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