Do they ever go down in price when the Aussie dollar climbs ?
They must have at some point. When I bought my first mountain bike, 98 Specialized FSR Comp it was around $3,000, bit more for the Extreme version etc. The Shaun Palmer FSR down hill bike was nearly $9k...
Dollar was hopeless back then and it was reflected in bike prices
No they just went up less.
Here's how it works. When the dollers good, we have heaps more to spend so they only put it up a little to cover double inflation. When the dollers bad, they put it up a lot to offset the less number of people buying. It's not that hard people. Basic Mafs.
In January 2018 $1 Australian dollar bought US$0.80 today it buys US$0.70.
Basic math on a US$3,000 purchase that equates to 2018 $3,750 vs today $4,286
The other thing to remember is that most large importers hedge themselves against currency fluctuations in various ways. Which sometimes means the impact of currency movements may be delayed or offset - this may mean you can delay one round of currency changes but them have to hit your market with a bigger change down the track.
And remember we will always get reamed by the importers at any chance