[blakesterz]

>> I have no idea how these places are still in business this year

Around here the shops are all nearly sold out and have been since May. It's crazy busy and sales are BOOMING for all of them. The largest shop has racks for probably 200ish bikes, and there was maybe a dozen in the entire store last time I was in there a few weeks ago. Bicycle sales are awesome this year in my area. I assume next summer there will be more than a few of those bikes bought this year listed on craigslist "used 3 times last year" :-)

[OldHand2018]

I'm sure that there will be plenty for sale next year, but from my experience out on the trails people are actually using their bikes more than they used to - which is a great thing!

If I ran a bike shop, I'd definitely add a consignment component to the business, and make it really fair to the bike owner.

[lokedhs]

I saw the same here in Singapore. Waiting time to get a service was on the order of weeks, if not months. I used to be able to drop it off and pick it up a few days later. Now they won't even accept my bike because their shop is too full of bikes waiting to be serviced.

[throwaway9191a]

That is really good to hear. Hopefully I'm wrong about beer being a large portion of sales for my local shops. For me, the whole cycling thing is about community. I just hope they are still around next summer.