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| james_s:
A year from now I bet you'll be able to find a smoking deal on any number of lightly used bikes. I'd wager at least 30% of the ones being bought right now will be ridden a handful of times and then parked in the garage. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: james_s on May 18, 2020, 06:34:33 am ---A year from now I bet you'll be able to find a smoking deal on any number of lightly used bikes. I'd wager at least 30% of the ones being bought right now will be ridden a handful of times and then parked in the garage. --- End quote --- I was looking for a new 2nd hand bike recently, but I think I'll wait... ;D |
| AndyC_772:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on May 18, 2020, 03:48:17 am ---One big chain store has suspended all inter-store deliveries and on-line orders, they just couldn't keep up. --- End quote --- It's been quite interesting to see how different bike stores are dealing with being open for business. One major chain's web site says "You will not be allowed to enter the store but our colleagues will be on hand to pick products for you". Similarly, another says "Please stay within the marked customer area. Unfortunatly, access to the wider shopfloor is not permitted. Let a member of the team know which items you require and we will locate them for you". Both mention that they're really only open to provide essential services to keep key workers moving, which may be absolutely true, or may be a PR statement to try and deflect criticism over whether or not they "should" be open at all. Either way, I took the hint, and didn't even bother visiting either. Independent stores were operating much closer to business as usual. Clearly there's a major difference between the answers to "how can we open for business" vs "how can we ask our staff to open for business". All the independent stores were all limiting the number of customers in store at any given time, so there was some queueing outside, but all the usual services were on offer - advice, fitting, test rides and so on. Both staff and customers are still clearly trying to learn and adapt to what the "new normal" will be... where to stand, can I do 'X' from 2m away, is it OK to touch this - and there's no consensus just yet on what constitutes "safe enough". |
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--- Quote from: AndyC_772 on May 18, 2020, 07:59:56 am --- - and there's no consensus just yet on what constitutes "safe enough". --- End quote --- Here in England, having observed the lack of self discipline on display this last weekend, I would say the general public has taken the goverment's "unlimited exercise" directive as meaning, carry on as if nothing had ever happened. Social distance, follow the arrows, don't crowd, you wot??? I would not be surprised if the R0 number is 1.5 by Friday. |
| paulca:
While the rest of the UK sit around eating popcorn and watching the canary that is England. |
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