Online Stores List and Info
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Calvin27
Eats Squid
News to me. It was only 3 months ago me and a mate were struggling to find a pair (for one caliper) of sram brake pads and they wanted $60 and 3 weeks for them. Yikes!
Not sure what shimano stuff you have had trouble getting, but 1.2 weeks online is better thn going through any aussie distributor. And that goes for anything.
The distributor has to be interested in fixing it.. Until a new generation take helm of these places and not the same families in alot of cases this will never change..they can't consider it broken.
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Indeed, fuck SRAM and their geo blocking.
Most of my bikes run SRAM drivetrains, a wholesale jump to shimano isn't an option for me.
My strategy going forward will be hope and or e*thirteen cassettes. Shimano 11 speed shifters and derailleurs. Willing to give box a go too. Need to work out if box pull ratios are compatible.
Time to stop bitching about the geo block and jump onto alternatives.
SRAM will see a decline in sales once it's too late hopefully, after the masses have worked out the alternatives to SRAM are valid. Their geo blocking experiment had a finite window to be effective, hopefully they hurt themselves through this and end up with a price reset after they let the competitors get a foot hold.
Most of my bikes run SRAM drivetrains, a wholesale jump to shimano isn't an option for me.
My strategy going forward will be hope and or e*thirteen cassettes. Shimano 11 speed shifters and derailleurs. Willing to give box a go too. Need to work out if box pull ratios are compatible.
Time to stop bitching about the geo block and jump onto alternatives.
SRAM will see a decline in sales once it's too late hopefully, after the masses have worked out the alternatives to SRAM are valid. Their geo blocking experiment had a finite window to be effective, hopefully they hurt themselves through this and end up with a price reset after they let the competitors get a foot hold.
Z
Zaf
Guest
FTFY!!!
And it's bullshit, I agree!
Flow-Rider
Burner
Just how can you fit thousands of faulty brake levers as OEM on high end bikes is just a big SCAM. When Guides first came out, bike shops in the US complained about the levers heating up problem, that had 100's of bikes with these brakes on the floor and they pretended like nothing was wrong.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
If only shimano made forks.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Flow-Rider
Burner
Starting to see some slow emergence of other brands but only time will tell if they become main stream or not.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Marzzccohhhiiizzkkkssggg was a sad loss, but manitou seem to be doing good. Suntour are the kia's of the fork world but struggling to shake off their low end brand image.
born-again-biker
Is looking for a 16" bar
Is not just wait times that are the problem. (Personally, I'll wait a week or two if the price is better)
There is an utterly outdated approach to pricing, mark-up & profits.
The distro's and LBS still think it's the 1980's and the local punter will just walk in and pay a hugely inflated price because their store exists in some kind of local vacuum where competition doesn't factor... or maybe if they give us a free sticker we'll become a customer for life.
Too many stores still carry the attitude that the customer should somehow feel 'priveledged' to buy a bike from such an 'awesome /cool /boutique' store like ours.
Wrong. Get fucked.
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Flow-Rider
Burner
That's the general attitude I'm seeing in Brisbane also but I think it's only sucking in the newb or the armchair mountain biker that likes showing off a bike they hardly ride. They forget that people can have infinite knowledge from looking on the net and the BS they go on with doesn't really work anymore.
Z
Zaf
Guest
Remember when they used to work for our money, not simply expect it because of the space their building occupies?
Hipstar
Likes Dirt
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Whatever happened to xfusion. They used to be highly rated around here? USD went too high?
c3024446
Likes Bikes and Dirt
CRC sales probably stopped
c3024446
Likes Bikes and Dirt
This does appear to be a successful business model. The shops that are growing have social media accounts posting boutique builds constantly, charge a sh!tload for labour, cool stickers on the bikes.
If you carry the top stuff, look extremely professional and provide A1 service I'm thinking the public don't care how much it costs.