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FerrousBueller Added a comment about bike check Nicolai G1 GPI beltdriven gearbox
4/6/2025 5:25pm
I have the A50s and they're the most compliant bars I've ever had. Look up Bikerumor's handlebar compliance test, the ProTapers rated nearly as compliant as Ti bars.
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Martin_Prophet Liked a bike check Nicolai G1 GPI beltdriven gearbox
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FerrousBueller Added a comment about bike check Killerdrop Prototype #2
4/4/2025 1:13pm
Wtf dude I had to do a quadruple take to understand what I was looking at! Awesome work
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PeteHaile Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/4/2025 1:08pm
Hi y'all, Longtime reader, though I rarely post. Some context I run a small non-bike company in Sheridan, WY. We make a ton in house, import a little, and outsource a bunch to other companies in the US. We do about 40% of our sales in Canada. These tariffs will put the brakes on the entire economy. My business is well positioned to make 100% of our product in the US, which would seemingly be a boon for us. But who is going to be able to buy it? Will our customers in Canada want to buy our products at...
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The Enginerd Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/4/2025 9:14am
If orangeasaurus was really trying to fix the US debt problem, he wouldn’t let IRS agents get fired that have a 26x ROI on their salary when recovering taxes from the rich. I’ve said this before, but it’s relevant again. When the first Trump Taxes were added to foreign made aluminum, we were manufacturing bike frames in the US at GG. With the manufacturing already in operation, it absolutely hurt us, as the aluminum with “Made in the USA” printed on the bar stock went up 30% in price. These tax increases camouflaged with a different word do not help...
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/4/2025 9:13am
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sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 1:55pm
or you could just tax the rich, but what do i know, right?
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NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 9:45am
As a former recipient of the award, I hereby nominate TEAMROBOT for 2025 VitalMTB Commenter of the Year.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 9:45am
To be fair, it's also possible that competitively priced and highly specialized manufacturing will pop up in the U.S. at enormous scale with armies of knowledgable, specialized non-immigrant workers in the next month to save us from these high costs. That's all we need. Well, that and in-country raw material extraction for materials that often don't exist in our borders in the quantities we need, like bauxite, rubber, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, etc. But if we can figure out those two aspects in the next month we'll be fine.
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FerrousBueller Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 8:40am Glad I stocked up on bikes and parts for cheap in the past couple years. Truck Fonald Dump and the idiotic sycophants who still support him. This is beyond stupid and if you don't realize that by now, you never will, even as you're struggling to feed your own children.
Masjo Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 8:35am
Didn't see this mentioned in many places but the de minimis exemption was also terminated as part of proceedings today. Probably no more AliExpress parts coming, or at least they may not be so competitively priced if they are taxed at 54%
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earleb Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 8:34am
The rest of the world "f' it, we'll trade amongst ourselves without you for the next 4 years". Go luck USA.
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chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 8:34am
Largest tax increase in US history can't be good for anyone's business.
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Kusa Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 8:34am
Tarrifs on goods from Vietnam 46%, China 34%, EU 20%, Swiss 30%, Taiwain 32%, Japan 24%..... end of the bike companies?
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Tennessee National DH at Windrock
3/31/2025 1:59pm
amaury's winning run from windrock...beast.
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