Play
Jun 05, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS & PHOTOS // MITCH LEES
The pit bike craze took-off over 20 years ago, about six years after eBay was launched. The e-commerce site enabled customers to buy what most people would deem as “cheap products” at a very affordable price by cutting out the middle man. It also provided customers with a far greater range of products to pick from because the retailer wasn’t limited by shelf space.
The downside to the explosion of e-commerce sites like eBay was the quality of the product. Like I said, in the early days especially, eBay products felt cheap and that’s because they were. China’s manufacturing exploded as more and more people
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days