Is it DEAD? Have we KILLED the bike industry?

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Is the industry dead? We have seen some really crazy things happening in the industry recently with both ‪@evanscycles‬ & ‪@chainreactioncycles‬ getting into financial trouble, and it was during the CRAZY sales these companies have been having that i had a bit of a brain wave..
So I thought I'm gonna go for a ride and chat to you lovely people about it.
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@skinnerplayz8366 4 месяца назад

recently looked on marketplace and the amount of modern bikes available for cheap is insane, it makes sense why bike brands aren't getting any sales especially with the cost of a new bike and the cost of living prices.

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

Yeah it’s mad. I’ve got friends messaging me who bought bikes during lockdown who just can’t sell them

@fender1000100 2 месяца назад

Are you sure people are dropping £4,500 on titanium Bromptons.

@FDXHOMEDEL 4 месяца назад

When ‘budget’ bikes start at 3x the price of a brand new game console, why would anyone except dentists pay for that kind of premium? Hiking is free if you want to go outside, max $250 for boots/sneakers. Multiple streaming service subscriptions could be fully funded for a decade instead of buying an ‘entry level’ FS.

@bollocknaked1975 4 месяца назад

Bottom line is mountain bikes are far to expensive..

@thebrunoserge 4 месяца назад

God I hope so! Good riddance. I just bought a CAAD 12 used, why aren't bikes made like this anymore? What's with the industry shoving disc brakes down everyone's throat?

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

Love a bit of retro, and you’re smile isn’t any bigger if your bike has disc brakes is it? But I suppose we’re just human and love having better “stuff”

@thebrunoserge 4 месяца назад

@@TheHeadAngle No that's my point - it's not human nature. It's intentional industry takeover of people's brains, and market options, to sell sell sell - even to an audience that for obvious reasons favors serviceability and tried-and-true design. Almost feels like car brake industry creeping into cycling

@bufordard 4 месяца назад

Disc brakes are the only thing I wish my vintage bob jackson had.

@thebrunoserge 4 месяца назад

@@bufordard Cool yeah so it could be heavier and harder to service... Such improvement /s

@Mr71paul71 4 месяца назад

The bike industry died in the 1990s and it died as the industry itself took a mature product namely the bicycle in its finished forms and redesign them into the total garbage we have today !!!!!

@JamesEvans-uh7nu 4 месяца назад

And the prices of these bikes what’s that about ? Some of them cost more than a new MX bike

@goingfarwebb26 4 месяца назад

True it's pathetic! Serves them right, they made it a rich mans game, and to be honest people are becoming more skint with inflation

@HkFinn83 4 месяца назад

It’s thriving it’s just changing. More of a luxury, high end lifestyle product now. If you can sell one 20k bike you don’t need to sell 40 bikes for 500. And the customers who pay 20k for a bike buy a new one each year or two. Road cycling and mtbing might decline as grassroots participation sports but as a business it’s good. And then you’ll always have a supply of low end bikes that are good enough to get you to the local supermarket. You’re left with Rolex and Timex.

@Guerrillapicnic 2 дня назад

The problem with the 5 tens vs ride concepts is that the quality of both shoes is not so big enough that it warrants you spending £100+ on ride concepts when you can get 5 tens for £40+. This goes for the whole bike industry. Polygon have brought out the siskiu full sus for a half or a third of the price of a similar specked Specialized full sus ie the stump jumper (yes i know you wont get fox suspension on a polygon) and for the average rider a Siskiu is more than enough. I appreciate that our beloved sport is not a mainstream sport and yes bikes only sell by the thousand not the million but the sheer amount of greed the manufacturers have shown is shocking. The monopoly that Shimano and Sram have on the market is also a massive problem.

@JTmediaknight 4 месяца назад

COVID got me into proper mountain biking after I got furloughed. Thankfully I kept it up and pushed on even though I'm a shit rider 😅 but it's been mental how the industry was up one minute and then down the next.

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

Yeah crazy times, FYI the only shit rider is the one sat on the sofa! If it puts a smile on your face you’re doing it right ✊♥️

@ianmangham4570 4 месяца назад

🤠🤟🇬🇧👍 🚲 🚴‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️

@mpenn 4 месяца назад

was pretty shit when I went the LBS. needed a headset.... not in stock.. asked to order... gave a quick search and said nah just go online to x company. wtf

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

It was crazy times, basic items were suddenly like gold dust

@mpenn 4 месяца назад

@@TheHeadAngle this was yesterday.

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

Omg that’s crazy mate!

@bufordard 4 месяца назад

They probably thought they helping you unless they were jerks. It would take twice as long and cost you twice as much at the LBS. Getting your bike wrenched on at the LBS is the best way to support them...largest profit margin

@mpenn 4 месяца назад

@@bufordard I understand the business, The money is made in selling parts in the services. most basic components retail is double the cost. Thats huge profit. more expensive components i.e. Suspension fancy brakes etc. the cost is 2/3 of the retail price. full top of the line bikes can be 3/4... like no profit basically lol. We would loose our shit when huge nationwide department sports stores (RaceFace going to MEC in 2009 in Canada I remember fondly) started selling the same stuff we were at a better deal due to the volume they could push for the supplier obviously. I do my own wrenching as that is what I did when I worked in a few shops. It does not make sense for a bike shop to operate like that. I can stop feeling bad when I buy online is the moral of the story here. haha

@chloehood6355 4 месяца назад

What amazes me as a cyclist and a motorcyclist is that bicycles are as expensive as motorcycles. How can that be. Might be why the cycling world is on a downturn. R

@WORLDCITIZEN10 4 месяца назад

No point for me to buy good bike, which next day steal from me.

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

That’s a shitter mate

@MrGreekstatue 4 месяца назад

Let's hope it has. Bikes are mega overpriced brand new.

@danmacalpinbruce2555 4 месяца назад

Its cheaper the a second hard car these days

@elishmittywerminghanjensen1264 4 месяца назад

make sure to store those shoes properly, don't want them falling apart on you

@onepoh4680 4 месяца назад

Is there even a way to store plastic shoes properly?

@elishmittywerminghanjensen1264 4 месяца назад

@@onepoh4680 Well, there's bad ways for sure 😅 Idk about good ones for long term storage

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

Noted 😉

@Byks_R_Gud 4 месяца назад

Good that mate, there's a lot to it, not sure how BC are good for it though.

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

Thanks, my comments about BC is I sit in a number of advisory committees etc and the currently climate with regards getting money into the sport is discussed a lot… including participation numbers etc. It’s all very interesting seeing how this unfolds

@andyc8120 4 месяца назад

I might be living in a cave but what's the 5 10 thing?

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

They’re riding shoes

@catalickconverta6823 4 месяца назад

I used to bmx my bike was worth about 2 grand and i used to jump on cheap crap bikes and do the same stuff easy its down to rider id smash half this countrys mtb teams while smoking a spliff on a £40 granny bike 1 handed down trails with standard cable to rubber brakes its all a money making scam

@adamfellows87 4 месяца назад

Hi Mate what's the post code for this place as looks decent

@Does_It_matter-No_it_doesnt 4 месяца назад

Dddduuuuhhhhhhhhhh

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

maps.app.goo.gl/z1N1dt3ZCw7sRb6r7?g_st=ic

@eelsnimmit3640 4 месяца назад

Personally i think its just a £ thing

@altvamp 4 месяца назад

I think it's a case of on yer bike.

@StarEssences 4 месяца назад

Your people are ABUSING all the lives that may desire to do a bike tour someday too, and because of your sided JEALOUSY to other implications that not all have the rights to choose what they desire to do on their spare time; the concept of, Club Members Only are allowed...there are a lot of humans who take away from someone else in order to have and or do :(

@TheHeadAngle 4 месяца назад

Hi great comment but not sure I understand tho? ❤

@jamesrichardson4028 4 месяца назад

What she said 🫣

@HkFinn83 4 месяца назад

Think this might be left on the wrong video…? I’ve done that before with multiple windows open😂

@dwaynedibley3529 4 месяца назад

Thank god, sad barstads grow up and get a car.

@JamesEvans-uh7nu 4 месяца назад

😂😂

@brianedwards1733 4 месяца назад

The bike industry is dying because you have well off middle aged/old knobbers buying battery bikes because they too f.. king lazy to use a original bike,then you have the youngsters who can't afford a battery bike and like the older peeps they also too f.. king lazy to ride a standard bike, hence very low sales unless it has a battery,ok there is a market for specialized mountain bikes but they are super expensive too.

@goingfarwebb26 4 месяца назад

Haha, the reason i chose ebike was that normal bikes are more money, i dont know anyone lazy who rides a ebike, lazy people drive cars to the shop and back, i am 40 and way fitter then the young generations of today😂 people who hate on ebikes are the people who hate on their self 😢😅

@brianedwards1733 4 месяца назад

@@goingfarwebb26 i am 63 and have an old £100 Carrera Subway which i peddle the guts out of,plus i have always been a cyclist and one who will never buy a battery bike,you probably like many others never used a bke much until you discovered how EASY a battery one is to ride.