bikes come in, they are presold to shops, straight out the door, leaving warehouses again of any replenishment. all of the issues around shipping and shortages of hgv drivers, they all play a part in the delays, but the source reason goes right back to asia, where government enforced factory shutdowns limited capacity because of social distancing, all of these issues have led to the supply output from the major component manufacturers having a knock on impact of bicycle factories being unable to build enough bikes because they did not have the components. and that will be an ongoing problem. i got notified yesterday that the chinese government is beginning a series of enforced power shutdowns, regionally, where each region will have to take its turn having its power turned off, and that means factories will basically be producing nothing for 14 days. when