Some of it is a matter of manufacturing plant closures due to covid: https://www.bicycleretailer.com/international/2021/06/10/shimano-forced-shut-malaysia-component-factory-latest-blow-supply-chain
Some of it is due to unprecedented demand - a new bicycle boom: https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/made-on-earth/the-great-bicycle-boom-of-2020.html And a lot is due to the general clog in transport: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1007938067/cargo-is-piling-up-everywhere-and-its-making-inflation-worse It will all go back to “normal” eventually, but the normal will not be what it was before the pandemic. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ae8c4d3e-c485-4abd-9189-911bd176fe21n%40googlegroups.com.
