Hello All,
The current season is now well underway, and we are looking forward to hitting the slopes in a few weeks' time ourselves, we'll let you know how we get on.
Every season we get emails asking where skibiking is allowed and even more importantly, where skibikes can be rented!
The first part of this question is fairly easy as a trip to your chosen venue's website will usually get you an answer, or point you in the right direction for the information you require; the second part is a different story however. For example:
John likes the look of skibiking and wants to rent one for a forthcoming winter sports holiday. We have the Tony Marsh special but unfortunately John lives in the USA and will be visiting Austria. We however, live in the UK so the logistics, let alone the cost make that option a non-starter, and how would we get the skibike back to the UK? Finding a resort with skibike rental is an even bigger challenge, so what's the answer? We all want to promote our sport but would you consider buying a car without at least a test drive? We think not.
We ask all skibike manufacturers is it not possible to produce a basic skibike, one with no suspension or frills at a price which would allow ski rental shops to stock a couple - knowing that at the end of a couple of seasons if the skibikes were worn out they had at least made a reasonable profit? Surely that would do more to promote our sport than anything else? We're not asking skibike manufacturers to lose money promoting our sport, but surely there must be a way of getting more backsides on skibikes.
Gail & Mervyn.
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Gail & Mervyn,
we hear you on all fronts!! We have been working with manufacturers for many years asking for a very low end (low price, entry level) bike that is well built for that purpose. As we have started to dig in and understand what it takes to do a manufacturing run, its very easy to loose site of the low end price.
With that said, we are always shipping in bikes from around the world, testing them out and offering what we feel are the best available on the market for the best value.
We also have the issue of our skibike manufacturers getting bought out and going out of business often these days. So often we have to deal with whats available on the market, regardless of how much we like or dislike the product.
With all that said, have continued to see growth in the market every season ans even in 2008 during our worst economic condition yet, we held our same sales from the previous season. Bikes are catching on in a big way expecially with baby boomers wanting to stay on the hill with their familys and friends.
Peace, love and Skibikes,
Randy
www.SkiBikefun.com
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