Shimano delays

According to my friendly salesperson/mechanic at the LBS,
Shimano is indeed undergoing a severe shortage of higher-end
components. He said he heard about it last November, and a
bike he ordered back in January still isn't here yet because
of a lack of the Shimano parts...I didn't ask him what
brand/model...but sounds like what you heard was true.

"Kaputnik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Does anyone know anything about delays in Shimano's
production this year?

Dahon's 2004 line of folding bikes has been considerably
delayed this year, with some 2004 models not expected
until late summer or even fall. One of the reasons they
give for this is delays in receiving Shimano components.
Has Shimano been having delays in production this year?
Has this been affecting other manufacturers, or is Dahon
just low in the pecking order?

Sorry if this is a matter of common knowledge which
everyone has been discussing, but I did google the group
first to try to find previous mentions.

On 26 Jun 2004 07:42:45 -0700, [email hidden] (Kaputnik)

wrote in message : said:

Does anyone know anything about delays in Shimano's
production this year?

This from May: <url:http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-
news/article.php?id=4078>

And plenty since (presumably also some before).

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Fred Hall said:

According to my friendly salesperson/mechanic at the LBS,
Shimano is indeed undergoing a severe shortage of higher-
end components. He said he heard about it last November,
and a bike he ordered back in January still isn't here yet
because of a lack of the Shimano parts...I didn't ask him
what brand/model...but sounds like what you heard was true.

It's true - it's been almost impossible to get Ultegra stuff
for months. I've been selling a lot of Campy stuff as a
result (and the customers have realized after the fact
that's what they should have ordered in the first place).

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.comOpen ↗ Home of
the $695 ti frame

Quoted message said:

"Kaputnik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Does anyone know anything about delays in Shimano's
production this year?

Dahon's 2004 line of folding bikes has been considerably
delayed this year, with some 2004 models not expected
until late summer or even fall. One of the reasons they
give for this is delays in receiving Shimano components.
Has Shimano been having delays in production this year?
Has this been affecting other manufacturers, or is Dahon
just low in the pecking order?

Sorry if this is a matter of common knowledge which
everyone has been discussing, but I did google the group
first to try to find previous mentions.

[email hidden] (Kaputnik) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Does anyone know anything about delays in Shimano's
production this year?

Dahon's 2004 line of folding bikes has been considerably
delayed this year, with some 2004 models not expected
until late summer or even fall. One of the reasons they
give for this is delays in receiving Shimano components.
Has Shimano been having delays in production this year?
Has this been affecting other manufacturers, or is Dahon
just low in the pecking order?

Sorry if this is a matter of common knowledge which
everyone has been discussing, but I did google the group
first to try to find previous mentions.

Yes, according to my LBS Shimano is not shipping/having
problems shipping parts right now. I'm waiting on a new
Ultegra hub (if anyone has one, please let me know).

Eric

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:35:25 GMT, "Fred Hall" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

According to my friendly salesperson/mechanic at the LBS,
Shimano is indeed undergoing a severe shortage of higher-
end components. He said he heard about it last November,
and a bike he ordered back in January still isn't here yet
because of a lack of the Shimano parts...I didn't ask him
what brand/model...but sounds like what you heard was true.

"Kaputnik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Does anyone know anything about delays in Shimano's
production this year?

Dahon's 2004 line of folding bikes has been considerably
delayed this year, with some 2004 models not expected
until late summer or even fall. One of the reasons they
give for this is delays in receiving Shimano components.
Has Shimano been having delays in production this year?
Has this been affecting other manufacturers, or is Dahon
just low in the pecking order?

Sorry if this is a matter of common knowledge which
everyone has been discussing, but I did google the group
first to try to find previous mentions.

We can't get them in Taiwan either. There are several very
good Taiwanese brand components which are as good as
Shimano, but no one wants the "Taiwano" brands, they want
the name brand. TW-Bents is experiencing this same supply
problem. One of the owners went to Japan to personally visit
Shimano and all he got was 300 sets of deraileurs.

Michael J. Klein [email hidden] Dasi Jen, Taoyuan
Hsien, Taiwan, ROC Please replace mousepotato with
asiancastings
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