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Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
4/30/2025 7:19am
We complained until yesterday about getting freeride bikes with paper exp tyres and hard rubber, finally they put appropriate tyres and we complain again? Let’s just ask for no tyres so we can choose at this point or appreciate the brand putting proper tyres and accept they might not be for us
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Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/27/2025 7:55pm
Might be safe to assume Garbaruk is cooking something electronic here?
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Karabuka Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/25/2025 9:21am
This is not mtb but its one of the more interesting ideas lately, has it been already mentioned here?
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Lolo.ch Liked a forum topic Unchained Bicycles – Pinion / Belt / 7075 Bonded Frame / 170-170mm
4/24/2025 3:21pm
Hey everyone, I figured it was time to share a project that’s been quietly evolving over the last 10 months. I’m Laurent – a mechanical engineer and lifelong bike nerd. Together with my friend and coworker Axel, we’ve been designing and building our own custom enduro frame from scratch. This started as a passion project. We wanted to build the kind of bike we couldn’t quite find on the market. we’re just two guys who love riding bikes and wanted to make something that is durable, quiet, easy to live with, and above all, fun to ride. Somewhere along the...
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Jotegr Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/24/2025 3:15pm
Sorry KP, I should have specified in my somewhat facetious, off-the-cuff comment that I was talking about complete bikes! Fixed now! I will also add that on the shop end we saw significant degradation in the 40-50% P&A margin across a lot of brands and categories over the last 10 years. Most things stayed in that range but a number of top seller products and brands saw those margins shrink across the board. We'd see stuff like our bread and butter basic pedal remain the same MSRP YOY but have the margin shrink to account for inflation. Same with our...
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andyjr77 Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/24/2025 3:14pm
Yup - I remember returning to tech industry last year after a decade in bikes and thinking "holy sh** people have budgets, forecasts and turn profits?!?"
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andyjr77 Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/24/2025 10:36am
40% GM on any physical goods should be a minimum at each stage of the value chain in any sector. Below that, there's then not enough margin to cover taxes, overheads, build in marketing budget respective of the stage in the journey so the whole ecosystem becomes precarious. Hats of to Silca for showing the numbers and really contextualising it.
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/24/2025 10:36am
Silca is not releasing it;s newest product (mini-inflator) in the US due to tariffs: https://escapecollective.com/silca-elettrico-pumps/ Lots of good insight, and I thought this breakdown was really helpful "Ideal world: COGS: $42 Shipping: ~$2 Import Duties/Paperwork fees ~13%: $5.46 'Landed COGS': $49.46 Price to bike shop: $90/ Silca Gross Profit: $40.54 / 45% Retail: $149 / Bike Shop Gross Profit: $59 / 40% With Trump 45 Tariff on Chinese-made goods (2018): COGS: $42 Shipping: ~$2 Import Duties/Paperwork fees ~13%: $5.46 25% Trump 45 Tariff: $10.50 'Landed COGS': $59.96 Price to bike shop: $98/ Silca Gross Profit: $40.05 / 38.8% (42-45% is...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/23/2025 4:29pm
this press release i just received seemed pretty tech but maybe it belongs in the geometry thread. i'll start here... I am reaching out to you because I believe your audience would be interested in our company's launch in early May and the two new products we're launching with, the Cardio Speeder and the Super-E. These are the first-ever "procumbent flying position" electric bikes on the market. The procumbent flying position, a new riding position invented by Martoni CEO, Marty Williams, is a posture that combines ergonomic riding with speed. On a procumbent bike, there is no saddle; riders step...
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Finkill Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/22/2025 2:00pm
100% accurate
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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/22/2025 1:56pm
Yep, solved if I'm understanding you correctly. Hall-lock mod so the b-pivot can't rotate. File the X01 b-bushing down slightly, a little bit at a time (test, file, test, file) until the derailleur can't rotate at the bolt. If you've got a GX there's no bushing to modify, it's a crappy steel-on-aluminum design that suffers from premature wearification. The X01 b-bolt with bushing is around $30 USD and works perfectly on the GX so get that and do the mod. Your rear wheel will be slightly harder to remove as the derailleur doesn't pivot out of the way. But it's...
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ebikepartyshirt Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/22/2025 12:11pm
When did Teton Gravity go under? Do you mean G3?
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dolface Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/18/2025 3:11pm
I wonder if tacking the tariff price on that way might help make it clear to customers exactly how much the tariffs are costing them? (Whereas with a "resort fee" or similar charge I usually interpret that as the seller playing games w/ pricing...)
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bermed Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/9/2025 8:03pm
Someone tell Specialized what they're briefing riders and marketing then
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megastoke Added a comment about bike check 240MM Steel Frame
4/8/2025 4:58am
RIP fork bushings
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/7/2025 6:56am
Considering the market opened down 6% I feel its probably a good idea for me to release this little app. Its a good place to watch how the publicly traded companies in the bike, outdoor, powersports or "outdoor adjacent" space are performing through this shit show. Few thoughts... URL: www.otherhours.com -The name isn't great. I just had that domain so I used it. -All quotes are delayed; I am using the Yahoo Finance dataset which isn't great (but is free). I'm also using FRED for the CPI/yield stuff. I would not rely on this to trade or anything, but it...
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Evil96 Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
4/6/2025 7:00am
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PeteHaile Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/6/2025 6:38am
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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sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 2:30pm
or you could just tax the rich, but what do i know, right?
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sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/3/2025 2:29pm
i envision a future usa where the bikers ride on old stock, several times repaired carbon frames, like they do with their oldtimer cars in cuba, lol. there will be a huuuuuuge repair industry, making old stuff workable again, just to safe on these tariffs.
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