Sales volumes

[stevenatleven]

I was out for a run in the central highlands of Scotland today. I visited a bike shop in a small town between Perth and Stirling. The bike shop has a café and sells some e bikes so I like to have a coffee there and look at his electric bikes. Anyway I was asking about a Haibike he had in stock and he said they are very popular and sell well. I thought maybe he was talking about a few bikes here and there,but he said no we sold about fifty last summer. FIFTY top end Haibikes from a small village shop in Scotland ! can that be right ?
I am out on my bike at least twice a week all over Perthshire/Kinross and Fife and I have never seen one. Where are they on the back of camper vans in France or just languishing in garages ?
so what do the retailers/folk on here think ?

 

[haggis]

It does seem a lot for that standard of electric bike

 

[trex]

the market for e-bikes in the UK is between 25,000 and 35,000 a year, roughly divided into half Chinese, half European. Most e-bikes are sold by large mail order companies and Halfords. I estimate that about 5,000 German e-bikes and 5,000 Chinese e-bikes go through about 500 small local bike shops each year.

 

[haggis]

So about 10 each on average?

 

[trex]

about 20 e-bikes a year per shop.
Less than 7% of the shop's turnover.

 

[stevenatleven]

Thanks for the info trex

 

[Nealh]

Last summer wasn't great and maybe they didn't want to get them dirty and wet, may be some will have hibernated well and come out this year.

 

[haggis]

So at 5 times the average for German bikes sales for small shop outlets, their claim seems very high

 

[trex]

there are always pockets of e-bikes.

 

[EddiePJ]

Last summer wasn't great and maybe they didn't want to get them dirty and wet, may be some will have hibernated well and come out this year.

Seems like that is a national past time.

All that money tied up, and then not using the bike.



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[soundwave]

i seen 2 up the forest of dean and 1 sduro hard tail but was on the fire roads.

 

[Nealh]

Seems like that is a national past time.

All that money tied up, and then not using the bike.



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To many fair weather riders, the thought of all year round riding means the bike will have to be cleaned. A bit like Lord Vader of this Parish plenty of posing pics of shiny bikes and upgrades but no proper trail or off road adv pics .

 

[soundwave]

and my m8 said dont scratch the car lol

 

[MRMAC9]

I've only seen two ebikes in Belfast this year so far. One was a newish looking Freego Eagle and a small-wheeled ebike whose elderly owner was pushing it along the pavement. But, then, the weather has been dire these past three months with so few dryish days.

 

[anotherkiwi]

I bet they have lots of private land without public access in Scotland...

 

[EddiePJ]

I bet they have lots of private land without public access in Scotland...

I thought that Scotland had a complete right to roam policy. Public access for all.

 

[anotherkiwi]

They used to have that in NZ too till the Yank billionaires bought the land surrounding some of the best trout fishing rivers in the world. The access is still free once you get past the guys "out hunting" with shotguns under their arms and those new hunting dogs, what are they called? Ah yes Doberman Pinschers...

 

[damian]

I've only seen two ebikes in Belfast this year so far. One was a newish looking Freego Eagle and a small-wheeled ebike whose elderly owner was pushing it along the pavement. But, then, the weather has been dire these past three months with so few dryish days.

There's a new looking cube ebike hours from ormeau to the harbour estate most weekdays now.
I haven't seen anyone else on one though...

 

[stevenatleven]

Your right Eddie,you can take your bike anywhere in Scotland. There is complete freedom to roam anywhere with bikes, horses, canoes and shanks's pony.

 

[MRMAC9]

There's a new looking cube ebike hours from ormeau to the harbour estate most weekdays now.
I haven't seen anyone else on one though...

I feel that when I do buy an ebike this Spring it will have to be local. A proper bike shop with mechanics rather than from the likes of Halfords or Chain Reaction.