LYNNWOOD Bicycle store owners in Washington have raised concerns over a shortage that is leaving racks empty across the country as more people are buying bikes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Bike shortage hits hard; Gregg s has 8K on backorder
LYNNWOOD, Snohomish County (AP) Bicycle store owners in Washington state have raised concerns over a shortage that is leaving racks empty across the country as more people are buying bikes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gregg s Cycle General Manager Marty Pluth said most of the racks are empty and the remaining bikes have already been sold and are awaiting pickup, KING-TV reported. He said the wait to buy a bike is now at least four to six weeks.
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LYNNWOOD, Wash. The racks at Gregg’s Cycle in Lynnwood are mostly empty and the bikes that are hanging have already been sold and are awaiting pickup.
General Manager Marty Pluth compared it to an all too familiar pandemic predicament. “I joke that we’ve become the toilet paper of the pandemic,” said Pluth.
New bicycle inventories have been wiped clean at stores all over the world. At Gregg’s Cycle, the wait to buy a bike is at least four to six weeks.
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