05 fuji I will get on those calls as soon as I finish shaving my back and weaving you a new toupee from the clippings.

Guess no one here works in the cycling industry beyond LBS employees?

Shimano is having serious delays, ordered GRX di2 parts about two months ago, they *might* be here by December. Demand is up, production is down, makes for delays, pretty simple. I was happy to be able to get my new bike, I'll be ok riding it with the mechanical groupset for a lil while. lol

In the US, that's pretty much all there is of the bike industry. The little cachet manufacturers and builders are too small to contribute any real numbers anywhere.

I don't think Wayne Stetina has an account here.

I'm sure insiders are pretty busy trying to get more supply and figure out how to schedule things so they don't end up with unsellable inventory if things go back to normal faster than expected

A global supply chain is just that -- global. Just as a new "American" car contains parts produced on several continents, a new bike is made up of parts produced all over the world, potentially. Then throw in some of the shipping problems that have been outlined in previous posts, and it's easy to understand why new bike production isn't happening very quickly: a disruption at any point in the chain prevents the production of the bike.

In some cases, individual parts may be easier to acquire because they follow a more direct supply chain to your door.

Shimano USA has an office in Irvine (Orange? - somewhere in OC). Or maybe someone here works in management at Trek, Giant, Cannondale ... REI ...

I guess I'm surprised. The forum seemed so well-informed, I just imagined (incorrectly) that there were a fair amount of industry workers here.

Not denying the coronavirus supply chain impacts, but it is definitely being used as a handy excuse for many delays.

I had a rear wheel rebuilt by a local bike shop (a very good one) and it ended up taking 3 weeks because they were waiting on the spokes to be delivered. When it was finally done and I picked up the wheel, the receipt included notes that detailed the parts ordering. One week in the note said:

"9/12 - A bag of spokes came in, in the work in progress bin. However, "Joe" (not the mechanic's real name) is a NOOB and only ordered 1 bag of 16 spokes and the wheel needs 24. Ordered another bag but it will have to come from a different warehouse and take another week."

Busted!

The number of people here who post from Taiwan is relatively small. Just did a check and out of all of us, only 71 are from Taiwan and only 6 of those have posted in 2020.

You could seek them out and ask if they work for a bicycle company.

Talked to a couple lbs's in the NV area and was told that things are moving, but that "normality" probably won't return until spring-ish 2021

Campy shifters live or die on two $6 springs called G Springs. They last a long time but like everything else they go at the wrong time.

Not one bike shop in Manhattan including two Campy Pro shops had them.

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