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Annual bike imports fall to lowest number in at least a decade (www.bicycleretailer.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by fake_meows@sopuli.xyz to c/mtb@lemmy.world

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Adult bicycle sales are down to just 1/3 of what they were before the covid boom, and new bike sales are still declining.

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Yep. I'm in Australia and keen for a tourer / commuter / gravel area steel bike. They're all $4000 ish. Plus racks and extras and I'm looking at $5k maybe $6k. My car I've had for ten years was $2750.

[–] fake_meows@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

When I worked in the bike shop, we used to joke that when the bike rack has mor value in the vehicle above the rack than the vehicle on the bottom, you have the right priorities.

But its absurd when you think of the precision and standards that go into the manufacture of each...

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I drive a van so when me an the lads go for a ride, we load 3x Carbon Fibre road bikes in the back and drive to the bike path. A shame there isn't a safe route to the bike path either. All three bikes are worth more than my van.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I think peak madness is I'm sort of shopping for a 20 or 24" bike for my little guy, and they are all right around the 1k mark for anything with a few gears. Might look to the bmx market for his next one honestly.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Kids bikes are prime second hand material. All my friends kids have bikes from hard rubbish. Plus they get to teach the kid about basic bike servicing in the process.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

I would normally agree with you. We live in a prime mountain biking area though, and I want to get them started young as I want them to start accompanying me on trail rides, and I want my eldest to start racing in U8. I don't think I need to spend 4k on them to succeed like some people are, don't get me wrong, but I want them to have decent enough equipment to have a good start.

No disrespect to rubbish bikes though. I rode lots of rubbish bikes as a kid. They still will too I'm sure.