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!The geoblock might kill the SRAM vibe around here but at least they have spare parts in Australia. Shimano are useless on that front.
The delivery of SRAM/RockShox/Truvativ/Zipp/Avid items to Australia is unfortunately not possible.
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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.I agree that online is much sharper service.
Until distributors and LBS can fix the wait times, everyone will shop online.
The reason there’s wait times locally - lack of inventory
FTFY!!!Unfortunately they have done a top job of convincing people that ever bigger, flimsier and heavier cassettes are a worthwhile trade off compare to GEARBOXES!!!
If only shimano made forks.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.
Imagine if they did it with Showa.If only shimano made forks.
Starting to see some slow emergence of other brands but only time will tell if they become main stream or not.If only shimano made forks.
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.Starting to see some slow emergence of other brands but only time will tell if they become main stream or not.
Is not just wait times that are the problem. (Personally, I'll wait a week or two if the price is better)I agree that online is much sharper service.
Until distributors and LBS can fix the wait times, everyone will shop online.
The reason there’s wait times locally - lack of inventory
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.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.
Remember when they used to work for our money, not simply expect it because of the space their building occupies?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.
Dvo.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.
Whatever happened to xfusion. They used to be highly rated around here? USD went too high?Dvo.
That is all.
CRC sales probably stoppedWhatever happened to xfusion. They used to be highly rated around here? USD went too high?
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.Is not just wait times that are the problem. (Personally, I'll wait a week or two if the price is better)
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.