Is the LOCAL BIKE SHOP DEAD?

Local bike shops have been having a hard time recently with supply chain shortages, direct to consumer sales models and changes in consumer buying habits. Are local bike shops going to be a thing of the past or can they adapt to the current market place? In this video we go into all of that and what we see the future of the local bike shop actually looking like moving forward. #cycling #bikeshop #mtb Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/bike198?sub_confirmation=1 Free 138 page Riding Tips E-Book Download Here ► https://www.bike198.com/ramped-riding/ Tech and Smart Home Reviews ► https://www.youtube.com/rsutton1223?sub_confirmation=1 Car Channel Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/UCo9tqZ2NWaGQkygAa6mto2g?sub_confirmation=1 Music from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/bmegj0/ This Video was shot with Sony A7 iii - https://amzn.to/2rq6jBF GoPro Hero 10 - https://amzn.to/3HDPNCR Sony ZV-1 - https://amzn.to/3oCmsBw Tamron 28-75mm/f2.8 - https://amzn.to/2EdQAwd Sony 50mm f1.8 - https://amzn.to/2KGnJ53 Sony 16-35mm - https://amzn.to/2k7lUSo Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bike198_official/ Follow on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bike198/ Support our Affiliates JensonUSA - https://bit.ly/3lKnPu2 Competitive Cyclist - https://bit.ly/2H4epuG Backcountry - https://bit.ly/3j5Uvw6 Trek Bikes - https://bit.ly/3nYtf6E Social CBD - https://bit.ly/3k5NMDM 0:00 Intro 0:20 Consumer Habits 0:55 Inventory Issues 1:18 Direct to Consumer 1:55 Where's the Loyalty? 2:12 COVID Supply Chain 2:32 In there an answer? 2:42 Bike Complexity 3:10 Change of Mentality 4:05 Create Community 4:36 Future of LBS? 5:19 Comments?