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 ex...

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