# Bike availability **URL:** \ **Category:** What to Buy\ **Tags:** mountain-bike\ **Created:** [September 9, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882 "2026-09-09T16:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atwork123](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/atwork123/32/11214_2.png) [@Atwork123](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Atwork123)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/1 "2026-09-09T16:40:43Z")
With all the news saying the bike industry has an overstock problem I’m having a hard time finding a new bike. I’m trying to find a carbon trail bike, xo1 spec, ultimate or performance elite suspension around the L/XL size. No one has stock, when asking bike shops both specialized and trek are months away from having anything. I want to support local mainly for future maintenance and warranty issues so ordering from a big online company is out. Does the bike industry have a stock issue or do they have a forecasting issue they’re not willing to admit? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/scott_anderson/32/6524_2.png) [@Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Scott_Anderson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/2 "2026-09-09T20:55:11Z")
They have a liquidity issue… Any Giants float your boat? ---
**Author:** ![Atwork123](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/atwork123/32/11214_2.png) [@Atwork123](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Atwork123)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/3 "2026-09-09T21:35:28Z")
No giant stores nearby. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/scott_anderson/32/6524_2.png) [@Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Scott_Anderson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/4 "2026-09-09T23:09:52Z")
Where are you located? Spesh and Trek dealers have some issues. Mfgs were selling under booking order prices direct to consumers. That’s not an easy business model for dealers. ---
**Author:** ![Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/crosswind/32/10643_2.png) [@Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Crosswind)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/5 "2026-09-10T01:40:11Z")
You seem to have limited your options. ---
**Author:** ![Atwork123](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/atwork123/32/11214_2.png) [@Atwork123](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Atwork123)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/6 "2026-09-10T03:11:13Z")
Yeah definitely, bikes are a luxury so I’ll wait for the right one. ---
**Author:** ![Yoln77](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/yoln77/32/5265_2.png) [@Yoln77](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Yoln77)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/7 "2026-09-10T03:33:07Z")
If you want to support smaller businesses, maybe look into smaller brands but still national ones. Yeti, Pivot, Ibis all make better MTBs than Spesh/Trek ---
**Author:** ![DrTallRider](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/drtallrider/32/4402_2.png) [@DrTallRider](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/DrTallRider)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/8 "2026-09-10T04:50:53Z")
Just a reminder on where the OP is located ---
**Author:** ![Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/crosswind/32/10643_2.png) [@Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Crosswind)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/9 "2026-09-11T01:19:30Z")
Expand your horizons. ---
**Author:** ![dth\_chicago](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/dth_chicago/32/7741_2.png) [@dth\_chicago](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/dth_chicago)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/10 "2026-09-11T12:11:09Z")
I ran into this same problem earlier this year. I was looking at XO1-level XC bikes and found it vanishingly difficult to find anything in stock. I asked my LBS (Trek dealer) and they said a lot of stock was sitting in containers waiting to enter the USA. Reading between the lines I think this may have been fallout from the Giant import ban. I eventually found a demo bike after a lot of searching, but I found the overstock/nothing in stock dichotomy somewhat bewildering. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/scott_anderson/32/6524_2.png) [@Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Scott_Anderson)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/11 "2026-09-11T16:11:15Z")
Remember, your LBS has to buy the bike from the mfg first. They aren’t selling on behalf of the mfg unless it’s a factory store. There are price dynamics at work. Our very own Escape Collective has a great podcast on the boom and bust of COVID. The person from Sports Garage has an excellent take on this and everyone should listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/scott_anderson/32/6524_2.png) [@Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Scott_Anderson)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/12 "2026-09-11T18:51:12Z")
Start here and listen to the next episode. > **[How did the bike industry get into such deep trouble? EP2: The Storm Clouds |...](https://share.transistor.fm/s/cc121ca4)** > > In episode one we heard about the unexpected windfall that the cycling industry saw at the start of the pandemic and how many needed to react.  > > Of course that didn’t last forever, and in this episode I’ve titled ‘the storm clouds’ we talk about the... ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Bernstein](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/scott_bernstein/32/6857_2.png) [@Scott\_Bernstein](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Scott_Bernstein)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/13 "2026-09-14T16:13:22Z")
If you are going to be waiting anyways, just go with a local and/or custom and/or small-batch bike manufacturer. ---
**Author:** ![xof](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/xof/32/12256_2.png) [@xof](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/xof)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/14 "2026-09-15T05:56:51Z")
And if you don’t want to wait: why not talk openly to your LBS, ask how much they get of a new bike and offer a similar amount of money for regreasing\* and assembling your directconsumerbike. /\* a bike mechanic once told me that he regreases all new bikes because the factories apparently don’t do it well. Not sure if this is still true? ---
**Author:** ![Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/crosswind/32/10643_2.png) [@Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Crosswind)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/15 "2026-09-23T16:15:09Z")
> [@xof](#): > > /\* a bike mechanic once told me that he regreases all new bikes because the factories apparently don’t do it well. Curious as what is getting greased? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/scott_anderson/32/6524_2.png) [@Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Scott_Anderson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/16 "2026-09-23T16:27:32Z")
It’s less of a thing these days but in the old days for good customers I’d disassemble hubs, BB’s, headsets and pedals and verify proper installation and bearing count, regrease and reassemble. ---
**Author:** ![Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/crosswind/32/10643_2.png) [@Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Crosswind)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/17 "2026-09-23T17:16:17Z")
Direct to consumer bike sales - Assembly As previously mentioned, most if not all of the shops in the area will do this regularly for a reasonable fee. I don’t know what they would be regreasing, but the Cup n Cone days… ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/scott_anderson/32/6524_2.png) [@Scott\_Anderson](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Scott_Anderson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/18 "2026-09-23T17:50:57Z")
I did a whole summer disassembling every SR pedal we received on new bikes. At least 50% of them were missing one or more bearings per pedal. They all clicked. Pita. Hubs were typically poorly adjusted and poorly greased. Bottom brackets were particularly short lived in the old days. Little to no sealing. Proper sealed bearings, the cassette hub, and brifters, greatest things to come along. ---
**Author:** ![Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/crosswind/32/10643_2.png) [@Crosswind](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Crosswind)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/19 "2026-09-24T00:56:18Z")
That’s reminisce of a starting shop mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Ashton](https://community.escapecollective.com/user_avatar/community.escapecollective.com/neil_ashton/32/6351_2.png) [@Neil\_Ashton](https://community.escapecollective.com/u/Neil_Ashton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://community.escapecollective.com/t/bike-availability/5882/20 "2026-09-24T10:17:42Z")
Tariffs are also slowing down some frame imports. Have you checked out Allied? Great MTB’s and they have availability. Seems since they are assembled here they get some tariff exemptions