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Old May 20th 20, 02:47 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
jOHN b.
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Default "Thinking of Buying a Bike? Get Ready for a Very Long Wait,The United States is facing a shortage of bicycles as anxiety over public transportation and a desire to exercise has sent the demand surging"

On Tue, 19 May 2020 23:57:49 -0000 (UTC), news18
wrote:

On Tue, 19 May 2020 13:20:52 -0700, cyclintom wrote:

On Monday, May 18, 2020 at 11:02:40 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
"Thinking of Buying a Bike? Get Ready for a Very Long Wait,The United
States is facing a shortage of bicycles as anxiety over public
transportation and a desire to exercise has sent the demand surging"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/n...bike-shortage-

coronavirus.html

A friend of a friend, who's retired but was working part time at an LBS
was furloughed in March. Now the store is begging him to come back to
help keep up with demand for repairs and assembly.


This does not appear to have improved the Craigslist market. Are people
so independently wealthy that they can afford new bikes?


What do wally Mart bikes cost?

We were at Makro yesterday and a nice 7 speed bike with disc brakes
was 3,400 baht about US$ 106.25. Painted orange too, which is almost
as fast a bike as a red one :-)
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cheers,

John B.

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