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It's no secret that there's a huge shortfall in supply right now. Tried buying an 11 speed chain lately? Or a tire? Various bike industry articles talk about how to secure online sales when there's no inventory available, and about tremendous sales growth for Shimano and MIPS (a helmet component). It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 76% growth for Shimano sounds exciting, but managing that kind of growth in a mature company with 100% physical product is a Herculean job. We're not talking about app downloads here. Most companies in Shimano's situation (capital intensive, mature, with an...

Looking around at wheel supply throughout the industry, 6 to 8 weeks lead time is very common these days. Whether this is more driven by component shortages or production's inability to meet demand, I can't say. We've certainly got some builds taking their sweet time to get out because of component shortages, as the quickest any of our primary hub options gets to us these days is ~5 weeks from our. Our pivot to going heavy on black White Industries hubs for QuickShip™ builds has helped a ton, and in many cases we're able to deliver much more quickly than...