Rising Retail Prices for Bikes

March 17, 2008

Source: Bike Europe


Bikes will become more expensive. That’s what this year’s Taipei Int’l Cycle Show that closed its doors yesterday was all about. It’s expected that retail prices for bicycles will rise between 8 and 10% this year.

Such price increases are inevitable due to components that have become considerably more expensive. Next to that, there’s also a lot of uncertainty about parts prices which is the result of a lack in raw materials like steel, butyl and rubber.

Currently there’s a shortage in butyl; even so much so that prices for this inner tube base material have gone up 42%!

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