Kevin's Weblog

I think the whole model year thing has gotten completely out of control. I want to buy a new bicycle, and REI is having a sale, including bikes. However, when I just called to find out what they have and what’s on sale, I found out that they have almost nothing in inventory at the moment, because they are waiting for the new ’05s to arrive.

So, maybe there’s something wrong with me, but I really don’t see why bicycles need model years. I understand that manufacturers may periodically want to change the components on a particular model, but I can’t reasonably figure out why this should need to be synchronized to the calendar.