Don’t wait till the spring or summer time to purchase your new touring bicycle! Save your self tons of of {dollars} by shopping for your new touring bike within the autumn – when bike gross sales are gradual and bike retailers/producers are dropping their costs with a purpose to make house for the brand new fashions they’ll be promoting within the New Yr.
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Winter is coming, and which means many individuals around the globe are placing snow tires on their bikes, hanging up their bicycles fully and storing them away of their garages, or just daydreaming about hotter climate.
However autumn isn’t only a good time to hold up your bicycle and put together for the winter months forward. In truth, autumn is definitely top-of-the-line instances of yr to purchase a brand new touring bicycle!
Inside my best-selling ebook, “The Important Information To Touring Bicycles,” I not solely clarify the distinction between touring bikes and so lots of the different sorts of bicycles you presently see on the market in your native bike retailers (reminiscent of highway bikes, mountain bikes, hybrids, seashore cruisers, and so on.), however I additionally clarify why autumn is the very best time to purchase a brand new touring bicycle.
Autumn (or fall, relying on what you favor to name it) is a good time to purchase a touring bicycle as a result of:
Initially, if you wish to have a brand new touring bike by spring or summertime, you’ll want to order your new bike now! Many touring bicycle producers are small and hand-build their touring bicycles and/or want plenty of time to purchase the elements, assemble your bike and get it fitted collectively for you completely.
Due to this, many touring bike producers require that you just order your bike as early as three to 6 months prematurely! Should you wait till spring to order your new bike, you won’t get it till the tip of summer time! This is the reason, if you wish to order a really particular bicycle (reminiscent of a custom-made bike like my Siskiyou touring bicycle from Co-Movement Cycles), now could be the proper time to do it!
Order your touring bicycle within the fall and your new bike can be ready for you by the point you’re prepared to begin driving it within the spring.
Secondly, autumn is a good time to buy a brand new touring bicycle as a result of most bicycle producers are getting ready to carry their new bikes in for the next yr. This implies they’re desperately making an attempt to do away with the fashions they presently have available. And since they’re so determined to maneuver their present touring bicycles, bike retailers and bicycle producers alike will oftentimes drop the value of their touring bike fashions within the fall.
So, should you’re keen to attend till the tip of the yr (when bike gross sales are gradual), it can save you your self tons of of {dollars} on a brand new touring bicycle.
For instance, I not too long ago noticed a $1,100 USD touring bike on sale at an REI retailer in Arizona for under $750 USD. These sorts of offers aren’t at all times straightforward to search out, but when you perform a little digging (and calling round), it’s doable to save lots of your self $200-$500 USD or extra off the common retail value of your subsequent touring bicycle by merely buying it within the autumn.
October, November and even December are nice instances to purchase a brand new touring bicycle! So, what are you ready for?
To study extra about touring bicycles and flip by means of a database of greater than 80 of the world’s hottest touring bike fashions, choose up a duplicate of “The Important Information To Touring Bicycles.” It’s accessible on Amazon.com and right here at Bicycle Touring Professional: https://www.bicycletouringpro.com/touringbikebook
When you’ve determined in your dream touring bicycle, make the telephone name to your native supplier and place your order ASAP! Don’t wait till spring or summer time when everybody else is making an attempt to purchase their new touring bike on the final minute. Use the autumn to your benefit. Order your new bike immediately and save your self tons of of {dollars} within the course of!
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