TBH bike stuff is way overpriced anyway for what it is, mostly, so people trying to get a good deal is to be expected. XT level stuff is almost at the same sort of prices XTR was only a couple of years ago, before all the prices suddenly rocketed.
Bike shops used to be grotty little places packed to the rafters with all sorts of things. Now, they’re all bright shiny showrooms with mega-exotic machines on plinths, and a bunch of mediocre at best clothing selling for designer boutique prices. All part of the supersexy leezure industry, whose bubble, it appears, has burst.
Cheap bargains for me. I don’t buy owt unless it’s on sale. If I don’t get a good deal one place, there’s loads more where I can. Even if they’re abroad. That’s Capitalism for yer…