Chicken Little Says "The Sky Is Falling,The Bike Market Is Dead"!

[oldfart36]

Addressing the Elephant in the room!!
Let's agree or Constructively disagree.
IMO----I feel shipping cost is effecting things and has for a while now. With the shipping costs sky rocketing having to ad the cost of shipping to the base line cost of a bike changes things!! You must admit on so many of these bikes we're seeing for sale now, it seems shipping cost is a 3rd and sometimes up to Half of what the bike is worth. Making it just not worth it anymore for these bikes. The days of selling and shipping a 300 to an 800 dollar bike are just about gone. Thus the jump to "The bike market is dead" thinking by some! It's like anything else, if enough people read that phrase or hear those words, then it really becomes dead.

The thinking of what to sell on line (complete bikes) is what needs to change!! Quality and Rarity is the future of bikes on line. Not running around screaming "The sky is falling"! It's not the hobbies fault nor the bike's. Sure, we all would like our "For Sales" to sell locally, or a hand off, or at the Swaps etc., but we all know how that works. We all have those bangers that we want to climb out of, but when it comes to "On Line" selling of it, Don't Blame It On The Hobby!!
IMO

 

[HARPO]

I'm finding it harder to get what my bikes are worth, mainly because I don't ship.

But on the other hand, because I'll drive to pick my bikes up, I get some crazy good deals. 🙂

 

[Intense One]

I'm finding it harder to get what my bikes are worth, mainly because I don't ship.

But on the other hand, because I'll drive to pick my bikes up, I get some crazy good deals. 🙂

Yup…touchy-feely is best when you can actually see bike up close…sometimes pictures don’t show the true appearance/condition of a bike.

 

[spoker]

i saw some pics of bikes riding on the boardwalk by the oean in cali,most were elcctri,sighn of the times?

 

[sworley]

My $.2? Ain’t nothing selling right now - cars, bikes, random crap - anything!

The last few bikes I’ve shipped this year weren’t bad, I don’t believe that’s the boogeyman.

 

[Freqman1]

The high end stuff is still moving but I too see a slowdown not only on bicycles but other collectibles as well.

 

[AS-1]

Inflation! Discretionary cash is in short supply.

 

[biker]

Gas, food, taxes all up.

 

[GTs58]

I don't know what the situation is in the other states, but the price of housing here in the Phoenix area is really mind blowing. In 2016 a home on my street sold for $289,000 and a couple months ago it was resold for $630,00. A one bedroom apartment in the newly built slums are $1800 a month.

 

[Frank and Pam Skid Kings]

It cycles (pun intended). Just like the stock market and gas prices, everything goes up and down. Seems to me like summer time is always slow maybe because people are out and about doing things and spending on home upgrades, vacations and new vehicle's. At least that's what we've been doing Lol.