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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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[–] 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.