partsguy
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Good morning folks,
Has anyone else been to the big box stores or a bike shop lately? It’s been crazy. It took me two months to find a USED bike trailer for my family, I finally got one yesterday. It was not the brand I wanted but it is decent and I am happy to have it. Several deals fell through because I was not quick enough. The big box stores are out, and our local bike shop cannot even obtain NEW ones from the manufacturers. Forget used trade-in’s. Last year, they were at every other garage sale for $20, going rate is $100, more if they are jogging combos.
I walk by the bikes at Walmart and Meijer because I can’t help but look at the die-cast. They are all picked clean. It is so bad that store employees are not even waiting for the assemblers to come, they’re just dropping the unopened cartons on the sales floor.
I picked up a take-off seat at the bike shop yesterday for my ‘84 Columbia Charger that I will be selling. Their wall-to-wall bike rack was totally EMPTY, except for the really high end bikes ($3,500 and up). It was bad before, the last couple of months, as I came to get boxes and other small parts. They said yesterday that business has never been so good, but now they have trouble keeping stuff in stock to sell! The Walmart bikes from above have kept their service and assembly work full too.
When I decided to let my ‘63 Huffy Avanti go to a loving home, I had about 10 Facebook messages within a night. I sold it for my price in an hour and I was wondering if I should have asked another $100. Rare model or not I was shocked to sell it so fast.
I’ll have some old roadies for sale soon, so this will get interesting.
How is the market where you live? Is it as nuts as it is here?!
Has anyone else been to the big box stores or a bike shop lately? It’s been crazy. It took me two months to find a USED bike trailer for my family, I finally got one yesterday. It was not the brand I wanted but it is decent and I am happy to have it. Several deals fell through because I was not quick enough. The big box stores are out, and our local bike shop cannot even obtain NEW ones from the manufacturers. Forget used trade-in’s. Last year, they were at every other garage sale for $20, going rate is $100, more if they are jogging combos.
I walk by the bikes at Walmart and Meijer because I can’t help but look at the die-cast. They are all picked clean. It is so bad that store employees are not even waiting for the assemblers to come, they’re just dropping the unopened cartons on the sales floor.
I picked up a take-off seat at the bike shop yesterday for my ‘84 Columbia Charger that I will be selling. Their wall-to-wall bike rack was totally EMPTY, except for the really high end bikes ($3,500 and up). It was bad before, the last couple of months, as I came to get boxes and other small parts. They said yesterday that business has never been so good, but now they have trouble keeping stuff in stock to sell! The Walmart bikes from above have kept their service and assembly work full too.
When I decided to let my ‘63 Huffy Avanti go to a loving home, I had about 10 Facebook messages within a night. I sold it for my price in an hour and I was wondering if I should have asked another $100. Rare model or not I was shocked to sell it so fast.
I’ll have some old roadies for sale soon, so this will get interesting.
How is the market where you live? Is it as nuts as it is here?!