Originally Posted by jade408

Older rich people with bikes are going to die off, and there will be no one to fill the coffers of future N+1 people. And also at some point N will be enough.


Service revenues are growing. IT would be nice to seem more shops offer a trade up program, like with cars. And partner with other shops offering cheaper used bikes. Getting a first cheap bike that is useful can lead to you jumping on the N+1 bandwagon. Maybe consumers are itching for a give 1, get one model for bikes.


20 years of declines means that the industry is really dropping the ball on paying attention to customer sentiment.



I'd counter that with luxury is the option to choose which box you want and have multiple boxes for multiple purposes. But the bike industry is remiss in ignoring all of the existing people riding regularly - who can trade up in the future.