A bike shop should choose its customer wisely

Re:A bike shop should choose its customer wisely by ip26 on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:30AM (#24159193)

Try finding a ten year old rockhopper comp, those were mostly still 26" with QR and seem like a great budget friendly choice for a middle schooler.

Kids are not a very lucrative market for the manufacturers or for the bike shops. Hardly any parents are willing to shell out four figures for a bike the kid will outgrow in nine months.

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Re:A bike shop should choose its customer wisely by StillBored on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:44AM (#24159401)

Yah, I've been trying, the used bike market seems even crazier at the moment than the retail bike market. I've yet to find anything that is both the right size, and not either a complete POS, or multiple thousands of $.

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Re:A bike shop should choose its customer wisely by rdtwo on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:40PM (#24162349)

Try buying a 300-500 kids bike right now I dare you. Everything is sold out. Totally worth it btw with all playgrounds shutdown nothing for the kids to do of all ages 3-16

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