cyclenutnz wrote:
dunno wrote:
And yet every other consumer good seem to be largely unaffected. The company I work for regularly gets containers of goods and has experienced no supply issues? So is it a manufacturing issue or a shipping issue?
Both, there are a number of suppliers of relatively important parts (brakes and suspension forks as an example) out to two year lead times. Demand for bikes is unprecedented.
Your company is either lucky or has strong relationships that shipping is not a problem.
So it would seem the issues isn't so much shipping but manufacturing? If this is the case then it is absolutely inexcusable that the cycle industry isn't able to ramp up. Bikes are extremely low tech in comparison to just about everything else in our lives-imagine being told you wouldn't be able to buy a new TV/laptop/smart phone for at least 6-12 months...I've noticed little to no supply issues there despite TV's and laptops selling at record numbers