Thats sounds like the exact same story as my LBS! (Also a specialized dealer).
Last year they tried to become a BMC dealer and BMC told them no, because they had hard time fulfilling orders with current stocking dealers!
I think at the point mostly cheaper mass produced bikes are the one selling at LBS
If you want a higher end…has to be DTC or willing to wait.
My buddy just got a P1 Emonda with eTap AXS on it and the only reason he only had a 4 month wait is because SRAM has more supply than Shimano (I won’t go into my theories as to why that is)
Another one was looking at a custom painted Orbea Orca with Ui2 and was told he could have it early next year.
RE: UCI banning peeing. That’s obvious, that’s why they don’t want you to throw the empty bottles away. You need to keep the empty bottles to pee into, amazon style, and then drop them off at the litter zones.
Eeek. Yeah… a good lesson for sure. And he managed to take them all out! Looks like most of them landed fairly clean, so that’s good. Glad no one got super hurt…