Interesting video on vital mtb with ceo of santa cruz, waiting upto 14 months for parts for the next lot of bike builds. 2022 models probably released in 2022 for a change.
2022 models probably released in 2022 for a change.
Every cloud eh
It’s always been a stupid system of one upping and keeping up with the joneses - I think pre Easter release for the subsequent year was the most ridiculous I have seen.
Tallies up with what I was being told the last fortnight while trying to order a new bike, basically everyone was at the mercy of parts suppliers. Have now ordered one that's due in May but it's the third choice on my list as there was basically no guarantee on the spec the other two could supply or when! Had looked into buying a frame and building my own but the lack of parts available and the resulting high prices mean that buying a whole bike and waiting to switch out parts later on (brakes and wheels in my case) is the best way forward while knowing I'll have a bike I can use for the summer.
Pretty sure there's no might about it, will be even worse. Many brands are already sold out of 2021 stock, if it's not already ordered by a shop then you won't be getting anything until 2022 stock comes out.
I think pre Easter release for the subsequent year was the most ridiculous I have seen.
Product years for bikes is a stupid thing, it just fuels a sales frenzy of discounts in September / October to make way for the next year's models most of which manage to make the previous year's obsolete in some minor yet problematic fashion. If not immediately then a year down the line when you discover that parts for that proprietary thingy that everyone raved about the previous year are now no longer supported because it's been replaced by the next newest greatest thingy.
Shimano do it right with a 4-year rolling overhaul. There's really no reason why the whole bike industry can't do similar; it'd manage supply and demand much better and mitigate some of the short-term boom/bust cycles.
A chance for some other brands to break the SRAM Shimano Fox monopoly perhaps?
Ibis have shunned model years for somme time. Makes it better for the dealers too. However, this is a separate issue
Frame only sales could be bigger this year, assuming there's no rear shock shortages. I haven't bought a full build in years, some of my parts are always twice as old as my frame and forks.
I can see a lot of spec changes and alternatives being used just to get the full builds to the shop floors.
2022 models probably released in 2022 for a change
Surely they'll be 2023 models?
Talking to the shop where i have ordered my meta tr. Apparently no one can get hold of drive train parts, either the materials for them or manufactured.
So glad i didn't sell a bike before ordering a new one. I reckon i might get mine by summer
So glad i didn’t sell a bike before ordering a new one. I reckon i might get mine by summer
I was pushing my workplace to go for Green Commute Initiative for ages last year, trying to get in before Brexit. They dithered for ages before eventually saying that the existing £1000 limit with CycleScheme (the Halfords system) would be increased to £3000 which is still **** all use as it doesn't cover the brand or the price of what I was after and now I can't get what I was after anyway because of a combination of stock issues and Brexit.
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Well, some fool has his large "Boutique" Carbon 29er FS on Classifieds for a daft price, should I tell him?
Will confess to a bit of panic buying, the drivetrain on my winter road bike (a.k.a. the bike I ride 90% of the time...) was getting a bit ropey so I've stockpiled a spare drivetrain, even then it's all a bit mix'n'matchy, silver chainrings on a winter bike? Eeeeww..
You just need to be less fussy if building up a bike. I built one up 3 weeks ago (using second hand frame) and got all the parts within 4 days and it was fully built up 5 days after I made my first order.