Local Bike Shops Adjust to National Bicycle Shortage

  • Pat White wears a mask as he wrestles with a bicycle at his Grand Forks business, The Ski and Bike Shop, which has felt the effects of a nationwide bike shortage due at least in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo submitted
    Pat White wears a mask as he wrestles with a bicycle at his Grand Forks business, The Ski and Bike Shop, which has felt the effects of a nationwide bike shortage due at least in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo submitted

    When he first began hearing about COVID-19 at the beginning of 2020, Pat White had no idea it would have such a large impact on his Grand Forks bike shop, The Ski and Bike Shop.

    “For us, everything started to kick in the last week of March,” White said. “Up until a week ago, I hadn’t taken the day off.”

    Almost 400 miles away in Medora, N.D., Jennifer Morlock has experienced a similar shift for her s…