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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mae Anderson

Bike shops boomed in the pandemic. It’s been down hill since

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For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France.

Early in the pandemic, a surge of interest in cycling pushed sales up 64% to $5.4 billion in 2020, according to the retail tracking service Circana. It wasn’t unheard of for some shops to sell 100 bikes or more in a couple of days.

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