That’s such insanity - $10.500 - for that price I can buy a new Tarmac SL7 with Rival AXS for $4,499 or an Aethos for $3,999 and take the family on vacation. Some of these prices are crazy to me.
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I don’t think you can fit a whole family in a Tarmac. Maybe in an Aethos with a rack but it doesn’t sound like a fun vacation.
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https://www.pnwcomponents.com/
25% at PNW
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it’s definitely a lot of money. Way high for what I’d spend on a hobby. Most I’ve spent on a bike is $3500. Of course I just have crappy aluminum wheels. 
(another) Sale on Kona bikes:
https://planetcyclery.com/catalog/category/view/s/default-category/id/2/
It seems like those deals have been going on for a while.
What do think of Kona bikes? I know they’re popular but I don’t know much about the brand. Their regular price seems high.
Got email today that Dick’s bought Moosejaw, so you can use existing Moosejaw rewards when shopping at Dick’s via a “Rewards Card” that they issued. Check your email if you have Moosejaw rewards.
Kona was an old school US mtb brand that has been around a long time. They sold the company a few years ago (?) to the conglomerate that owns O’Neil and Bote.
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Giant being sold at
Dicks has an interesting ramifications
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My family’s had a number of them since 2016, both MTB and cross, and they’ve been great, but, especially over the past few years, not sure the value is there anymore. They don’t make cross bikes anymore. The Process line is good but there better bikes for the same money now. Honzo is a great trail hard tail.
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25% off Ibis
https://www.ibiscycles.com/
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Just to clarify, Giants will not be in Dicks locations…at least not yet. They will be sold through the Specialty retailers under the Dicks corporate umbrella such as Moosejaw, Public Lands and House of Sport. There are only a couple dozen of these locations.
The real question is whether this is just an initial move intended to soften the blow of Giant eventually being in Dick’s. If this move is designed to help Giant with their inventory woes, a couple dozen stores ain’t gonna do much.
The industry fight over floor space is now critical for survival…limited demand combined with huge inventory levels means whoever gets more floor space / new distribution gains a huge advantage.
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Who is giant displacing in this move?
The industry played stupid games… what happens next?
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Not certain if they are displacing anyone with the specialty retailers or just adding to their mix…but if they roll Giant out to Dick’s, I would assume GT would be out eventually.
It’s interesting. My last few road bikes have all been Specialized. Unfortunately, they’ve likely priced me out of the market, and I love my Giant Revolt, so was planning to look at their road bikes this year…but I had to google to find a local dealer who sells Giant since Spesh and Trek went on their buying spree. Same is true for Cannondale, Cervelo, Pinerello, etc. The local shops within 30 minutes of me are now exclusively selling Spesh and Trek.
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Giant is probably displacing Cannondale in the Dicks brand stores. Right now, Cannondale is the high-end brand in Dick’s “Public Lands” (dumb name) stores.
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Which is probably why you see Giant kicking the tires with Dick’s…when Specialized and Trek started buying up IBD’s and / or opening factory stores, Giant lost a decent chunk of floor space.
Now they have excess inventory and limited doors to push it through…
At least that is the only scenario I can see where Giant risks sticking their thumb in the IBD’s eye…
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Maybe Dicks is going to shed that dumb-as-it-is-ubiquitous name “Public Lands” and take on Moosejaw for those stores. Search “Public Lands” and see what you get. Then search “Moosejaw.” Case closed.
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Just don’t search Dicks
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