Turbulent times for the trade, according to these Cycling Weakly stories. Both in Feb https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/bike-sales-drop-to-lowest-levels-in-two-decades-says-industry-report and https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/2023-set-to-be-year-of-bike-bargains-according-to-retailers Covid created some very unusual patterns. Must be hard to adapt if you've been running your business a certain way for x years.
Must be hard to adapt if you've been running your business a certain way for x years.
It feels like people assumed the gravy train would carry on forever. Kind of like all the bike shops that went to the wall after the Olympic/Wiggo boom faded.
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Turbulent times for the trade, according to these Cycling Weakly stories. Both in Feb https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/bike-sales-drop-to-lowest-levels-in-two-decades-says-industry-report and https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/2023-set-to-be-year-of-bike-bargains-according-to-retailers Covid created some very unusual patterns. Must be hard to adapt if you've been running your business a certain way for x years.