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mickey Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/11/2025 5:42am
Manufacturers shouldn’t be saddled with carrying the burden of a social safety net though- that is a particularly American Problem, and it’s why this thread exists in the first place… The American economy is a blind consumption machine based on hope and smoke and mirrors and the fantasy of infinite economic growth The underpinnings of the economy are not sound- poor STEM education, horrible educational outcomes per dollar spent, 3rd world healthcare outcomes, historic attacks on family planning, zero affordable housing being built or subsidized, automobile and intermodal-shipping container-centric infrastructure… all Americans pay real social and economic costs for these...
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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/11/2025 5:41am
The median income in the last ranked state (Mississippi) is higher than the median income for the entirety of the UK. Your problem is lack of social programs, not lack of income. American's are obscenely rich, yet have ~15% poverty rate (from OECD data). If you get an international perspective you'd realise how well off the majority of Americans are
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veefour Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/11/2025 5:40am
To be fair there's been talk of them folding for years.
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
1/11/2025 5:37am
NY times article on tariffs, leads w/ bike company example https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china… (the link was gifted to me, i don't have a sub and i think you have to have a sub to read?) here's a snippet --------------- After President Donald J. Trump slapped tariffs on Chinese bicycles in 2018, Arnold Kamler, then the chief executive of the bike maker Kent International, saw a curious trend play out in the bicycle industry. Chinese bicycle factories moved their final manufacturing and assembly operations out of China, setting up new facilities in Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and India. Using parts mostly from China...
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Alec_Ruston Liked a bike check RAAW Madonna V3 - Now with a BoXXer 😎
1/10/2025 9:25pm
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gx Added a comment about bike check Kona Process 312p
1/10/2025 9:21pm
Subtle, awesome build. Great work.
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GeronimoK Liked a bike check Mondraker Foxy Carbon RR AXS
1/2/2025 9:39pm
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lickmycrinkle Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/24/2024 7:55am
SILVER BRAKES MADE IN THE UK?! WON'T PEOPLE THINK OF THE YORKSHIREMEN THAT ARE NOW OUT OF A JOB? DISGUSTING
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RiderMikeCheck1 Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
12/20/2024 8:59pm
Some thoughts on the radial casings: -Weight: 147lbs -Front: 29, Radial Magic Mary, Ultra Soft, Trail -Rear: 27.5, Radial Albert, Soft, Gravity Have ridden the tires on about 10 rides... 1. Started at 26PSI and quickly brought it down to 21-22.5psi, front and rear (note that I have different casings front/rear) 2. I've pretty much only ridden in wet, 40-58deg F conditions. 3. Not overly impressed with Soft compound in terms of grip on wet roots (climbing, etc.) Felt like worn T9 compound I had on previously was better. Schwalbe doesn't offer 27.5 Radial tires in Ultra Soft yet. 4...
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moonsaballoon Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors
12/20/2024 8:55pm
https://youtube.com/shorts/--oNeJP7yI0?si=eHQGO1n97Ih51dC1 Atherton gearbox bike looks like it's happening. I always thought they were quite heavily associated with Shimano but I'm not sure if that's still the case .
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gx Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
12/14/2024 8:04pm I ran into similar issues with my AXS and dropper, ended up with a wolftooth shiftmount for magura and a magura shiftmix and it fit on my dominions perfectly.
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk
12/12/2024 11:07pm
First round of 2025 Pro Downhill Series announced - Rock Creek, Apr 3-6
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/10/2024 9:59pm
Anyone heard anything new on the Bike Yoke electronic dropper? Last I heard was "second half of '24" and we are running outta days...
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SteveClimber Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/5/2024 9:27pm
But don't you understand, the only thing that determines frame cost is material cost. Ignore all the expertise required, frame design, cutting, building jigs, years of practice, warranty allowance etc. Tubes are $50 a pop, 6 tubes, my frame should be $300 from my local car shop.
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earleb Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
12/5/2024 9:27pm
99% of the car shop welders have never touched a thin wall steel tube and will blow holes into their first few tube sets. Their heat control will also turn the alignment into a pretzel. Majority of custom frame builders aren't making a living selling the number of frames they do make at the rate they charge.
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HexonJuan Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/21/2024 2:48pm
Agreed. Unpopular opinion to have around these parts, but there's something very plumbing-esque about it.
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Dave Waugh Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/21/2024 2:48pm
Wow! That head tube area is hideous!
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