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Tariffs and manufacturing bikes the USA: Last time Trump was in office, his tariffs on foreign made raw aluminum increased the price of domestically produced aluminum by 30% overnight. It was a significant cost increase to manufacturing bikes in the USA. Adding tariffs on complete bikes is a little different, but history has shown that increased import taxes (aka tariffs) increase costs for consumers and don't necessarily increase competitiveness for domestic manufacturing. See above example. My crystal ball says this about complete bike tariffs: if you increase the price of some things in the market, the price of all things...

I'm one of those kooks who's a big fan of aggressive industrial policy to build up domestic industries, with the rapid growth and diversification of South Korea's industry in the 20th century as the classic textbook example, but yikes! Industrial policy is supposed to be a holistic thing, with taxes AND investment, and ideally the investment part comes BEFORE the taxes. Even in the case of South Korea the success story, it was pretty rough for a while! Like, decades. Buying a Hyundai car or Samsung refrigerator in 2024 is pretty great. But only being able to buy those products...

Gravity points, not DH points as I understand it, so for the time being, Morgane is the most valuable asset in the team, points wise. As BK usually winters in NZ and Indonesia is on the way over, why not do some bike tourism, open up to new markets and gather a few points whilst you're at it? It's a very Bernard thing to do. I mean, you would too, right? If the world cup is truly going global, I'd expect a round in that part of the world happening in the not so distant future. Who has the most...

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Very badly. Makes all imported frames and parts more expensive, passes on those costs to consumers. Frames and parts in the country are already discounted to sell, meaning they won't be ordering any more at a 10%+ increased price as they can't already move the cheaper ones. A universal tariff is a horrendous economic policy

the only brand engineer to make a finals at the world cup - According to Kirk, Episode 2 from Norco (Kirk McDowall)

He was riding the Pivot dh bike on Sunday.

New EXT dual crown https://extusa.bike/products/ext-vaia?se_activity_id=183853809960&sycli…

Or maybe Drake didn’t like them using his track

a 20 would be so rad but (if anyone is actually serious), verify the rules don't specify wheels have to be 26" or larger - @mickey ???