Colorado Cyclist Closing

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

Soon we only have specialized or whoever else manages to stick it out.

Personally I think a lot of this is the consumers fault for buying counterfeit crap or deals with overseas retailers or directs such as btlos.

Scorching hot take.
Blaming people for how they spend their finite dollars on their hobby...oof.

Online vendors closing up shop is just an unfortunate reality of complex modern commerce.
It is kinda funny that you are blaming people for allowing an online vendor to close because they are spending money at other online vendors instead. This isnt even a brick and mortar type of complaint- its one internet vendor vs another.

[jamesdak]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

Soon we only have specialized or whoever else manages to stick it out.

Personally I think a lot of this is the consumers fault for buying counterfeit crap or deals with overseas retailers or directs such as btlos.

Well there no way I could support my biking habit and all these fine rides if I did not use the overseas retailers for a bunch of my parts buys. When Merlin can ship me stuff in 3 days at 1/2 cost of a US vendor that takes weeks to get stuff to me there's just no reason in my book to use them.

[Ken Robb]

Originally Posted by LJohnny

Oh, bummer. In the 90s I used to be on the look out for their catalog, to drool over the litespeeds and looks. Sad. I bought my LS mountain bike from them in the 2000s.
They also had excellent in-house built wheels back in the day.

Oh yeah! I forgot I had some excellent wheels built by them.

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by mstateglfr

Scorching hot take.
Blaming people for how they spend their finite dollars on their hobby...oof.

Online vendors closing up shop is just an unfortunate reality of complex modern commerce.
It is kinda funny that you are blaming people for allowing an online vendor to close because they are spending money at other online vendors instead. This isnt even a brick and mortar type of complaint- its one internet vendor vs another.

It wasn’t an option not too long ago and we had a whole lot more choices and better bike shops locally then not owned by specialized or trek. It is just a suggestion for debate looking at the larger picture and not just CC.

[dsimon]

I know I'm just going to miss them I remember the glossy pics of Eddy Mercks Steel. another one of my childhood memories fading away

[omc1953]

Purely an acquisition to liquidate all the inventory then shut it down. Definitely some poor business decisions made by the CEO of CC in the later years, but he had put his entire soul into the business and was a solid supporter of cycling through race teams and national events. It was good while it lasted.

[old_fat_and_slow]

They were a great company 20 to 30ish years ago back when they ran full page ads in the back of Bicycling magazine. Then during the mail order catalog phase I ordered three very high end frames from them, and several Campy component gruppos. Then something happened they seemed to focus mostly on cycling apparel and not components and frames. After that transition, I never bought anything from them. I probably haven't purchasee anything from them for 20 years. So sad to see them close, but I won't miss them at all. i moved on, and they are responsibe for their own failure. Like I said, back in the day they were outstanding!!!

[windsurfer]

I remember their catalog, but Jeez that website is horrible

Try looking for helmets... not a bike, not apparel, not an accessory, not a component. They simply don't exist in the menu (which doesn't work right on an android tablet)

[peanutgallery]

The race to the bottom just got a bit more competitive

Allibaba...here we come

[RobJ]

Originally Posted by windsurfer

I remember their catalog, but Jeez that website is horrible

Try looking for helmets... not a bike, not apparel, not an accessory, not a component. They simply don't exist in the menu (which doesn't work right on an android tablet)

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[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by RobJ

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Rob, I'm more interested in some of those other tabs you've got there... six best drink [...] ????? Le Pub Parisienne?!?!?

[duff_duffy]

Inflation, damn. Even with 30% off I can’t swing it
https://www.coloradocyclist.com/cont...rest-a42mm-oem

[nmrt]

see...that's how they should have marketed tubeless tech.

Originally Posted by duff_duffy

Inflation, damn. Even with 30% off I can’t swing it
https://www.coloradocyclist.com/cont...rest-a42mm-oem

[RobJ]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Rob, I'm more interested in some of those other tabs you've got there... six best drink [...] ????? Le Pub Parisienne?!?!?

Ah boring stuff....6 best drinks to avoid bloating. Killer Friday night right?

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Pegoready

Same thing with Planet Cyclery which is a sister company. Wow. Loved shopping their deals over the years. I have a feeling I'm about to go broke stocking up on closeouts, though at the moments the deals don't seem much better than they normally are.

https://planetcyclery.com/

Deeply in debt to various suppliers..Low inventory, COD or various suppliers have cut them off...

My former, liar and thief of a business partner worked at PC....not shedding any tears.