Its DHB, dont mind @Haakon with the law suit he's wearing
www.dbh.com.au
Yeah, that gravel bike I bought a little while back was originally RRP $4k, but I got it for $2750. Chatting with the owners of the shop after I bought it, I was told that everyone's big orders that were made to service the COVID rush had come through but the rush had passed. Now everyone's warehouses are full of last year's models whilst the new models are en route (as it was a few months back when I had this chat) and they desperately needed to move stock. Although, in saying that, the supply of parts is/was still very patchy.
And "widely" respected as well!"Respected law firm"..... HA! That's an oxymoron and a half!
100% this, I was lucky to pick up a certain bike before the shop closed in Sydney for half price. Santa Cruz's were apparently walking out the door during covid, probably helped where the shop was had a relatively high income %.
This 100% for a lot of businesses.
The other side of this is an Engineering supplier I've used 3 times now out of Sydney, they list every single part man has ever made on their website, and amazingly always in stock... Recently was chasing some not super common parts that no-one local had and amazingly this place had it in stock. Sweet, put the order through, paid a ridiculous premium for bulky express 1-3 days shipping, oh well I need it. Well, no surprises... 2 days go past and tracking shows the item hasn't left yet, give them a call... "Oh we've had some funny glitches with our stock system, we should get it to the warehouse friday, or maybe next week, sorry about that"
Or the same guys with said unobtainabium part will only sell them in bulk of 100plus or something even though they are a retailer. Obviously they aren’t going to make money popping one off item in an envelope but they might we’ll gain a happy repeat customer that will buy 100x off next time or something.
Ironically the lack of the periodic sales means i am actually spending less... they are better off getting 50% of the profit instead of 0%
The good ol fake in-stock status!!
Although they had it listed wrong, who buys a dorado (or any DH fork for that matter) thinking it's got a 15mm axle?
Their customer service has always been second to none, in my experience. I'll always check their website if I'm in the market for something - even if it's a few dollars more I'll seriously consider buying from them. I know, with 100% certainty that if there's an issue, they'll be genuine in the way they approach it with me.
www.cyclingweekly.com
They're going to start dropping like flies, when you see a company like Sara Lee folding after 52 years you know something is wrong.Oh dear...
Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles parent suffers major financial blow as €150m financing axed
Company says it was relying on the financing to continue as a going concern
Nukeproof stuff is really good, also Ragley and NS frames.
A drunk man, who was pointed there with short notice by a RB member, it was bough 15 minutes later without even knowing the Comp was a spring only. I didnt know much about DH forks, I didn't know they only came in 20mm forever. I do remember RockShox 'nearly' switched their DH forks to 15mm in about 2019. Was thinking 15mm was maybe the way they were going.
I sent the Comp back and bought an Expert instead, then a 20mm boost wheel.