[EddyBerckx]

I’ve been looking over the last few months at getting an aero bike. Pretty much at the start and now I’m set on an Orro Venturi but still, I’ve been looking at others..

A bottom of the range Cannondale Systemsix has gone from £3500 to £4500

A bottom of the range Trek Madone has gone from £3900 to £4600 (actually I’m sure it was aRound £3500 a year or so ago)

Canyon Aeroroad from £2500 to £3000 (that’s the old rim brake model, the new model starts at £3700)

And now the bottom of the range Cervelo S3 has just jumped from £3800 to £4400

All in the space of around 6 months

Didn’t even bother looking at Specialized as they are way out of range (all the above were too but I was dreaming..) Plenty more brands have done the same. Decent mid level bikes are now super bike prices.

Lower end bikes haven’t escaped of course. 
 

Am I just getting old? People used to moan about this when I first started cycling in 2012, the latest prices are crazy. Someone must be buying these I assume

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[Podc]

Sniffer wrote:

… a 23% rise is maybe not a huge surprise.

It was. 

[Sniffer]

Decathlon are French owned. 

Decathlon are French owned.  If they are importing non EU bikes to France and then exporting to non EU UK they will have an extra 14% tariff.

[Madteclind]

It’s the same issue here in

It’s the same issue here in Denmark, it’s absolutely rediculous. Even the second hand markets are seeing 20-30% increases, even in moderate at best builds..

 

[alan sherman]

Even the decathlon RC 520 has
Even the decathlon RC 520 has shot up to a grand. I was considering one, but not at that price.

[David9694]

KMC chains seem to be level

KMC chains seem to be level pegging with Shimano these days. 

[jn46]

I was shocked by the cervelo
I was shocked by the cervelo price hike. It’s a grand on the higher end models, which weren’t cheap in the first place. However manufacturers can put prices up as much as they want when they have no stock to sell. Giant seem to have decent levels of stock but I think if you ordered a 2021 model from other big brands where there is no stock, the 2022’s will likely be available at the same time you might receive the 2021. My understanding is it’s the Shimano parts shortage as much as the shipping delays and brexit issues. Probably best to stock up on basics likes spare chains and brake pads etc, just to be safe for summer!

[Sniffer]

in itself…. no.  Maybe more

in itself…. no.  Maybe more likely than discount bikes in the UK market is that a cautious stocking approach will reduce availability.

As we agreed on a previous thread, at the moment, the bike consumer is worse off due to Brexit.  You may think that is temporary, I am less sure.

Time will tell.

[Dingaling]

My touring bike is a custom

My touring bike is a custom built aluminium frame (incl. carbon fork) and cost me 1100€. The rest of the build cost nearly twice as much again. (I bought the parts, ordered hand built wheels and assembled the bike). I found it was well worth doing because when I later looked at touring bikes in magazines mine was cheaper and a lot lighter. 

[Rich_cb]

Not a huge issue though is it
Not a huge issue though is it?

May even lead to greater end of year discounts in the UK as they’d be better off knocking an extra 10% off UK stock and selling it here than copping the 14% tariff to move it to the EU.

There are also ways around the full tariffs as the interview with Cotic demonstrated.

[Anonymous]

Prices are definitely on the

Prices are definitely on the up, to such an extent that I wonder whether custom-made hand-built frames might almost be price competitive now, as opposed to selling a premium product at a premium price.

Bit tricky to get a ‘quick’ quote from a builder, and obviously you can’t get a full aero bike made out of round or slightly-shaped tubes, but personally instead of hankering after a SystemSix I’ve gone back to thinking I might get a steel or titanium bike (Laverack, perhaps).

[Sniffer]

The link does suggest the

The link does suggest the tariffs have an impact on Specialized. Where before they could move stock between European and UK markets, that will not be so easy. Another example of a barrier to trade and a negative impact for the consumer.

[Sniffer]

I suspect that Cube bikes are

I suspect that Cube bikes are made outside the EU, imported into the EU (Germany) and therefore subject to further 14% tarif when re-exported to the UK.  Just like Canyon.  Throw the COVID supply and demand premium (which seems to be around 10% across the board) and the double whammy of Brexit and COVID and a 23% rise is maybe not a huge surprise.

[Podc]

This thread prompted me to

This thread prompted me to check the price of a Cube bike that I’ve been interested in for a while but no one has had in stock. The RRP has gone up 23%  Won’t be getting one of them then.

[Simon E]

Gossa wrote:

Gossa wrote:

But Brexit has created a 14% duty rate on bikes coming in from the EU, how can you not factor that into price rises?

Because, as I stated in the post you responded to, most models had gone up in price by around 10% before the end of 2020.

[Rich_cb]

There was an interview with a
There was an interview with a specialized representative on road.cc who specifically said that they imported directly to the UK so would be unaffected.

Doubt the other big brands would sit back and accept a 14% price hike compared to a competitor.

Edit: Bikeradar did a nice article on this recently, the tariff busting Cotic sounds like the start of a trend. https://www.bikeradar.com/features/long-reads/pandemic-brexit-bike-prices/

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