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Bobs_is_better_than_A-line Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

5/21/2026 2:17pm

Guess I will keep my mechanical normal bike and ride it like someone who purchased photoshop in 2014

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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/28/2026 2:22pm

Any thoughts on creating a new thread with to sole focus being DJI/Avinox/Amflow + Future (which can be technology and business)? I know a number of you subscribe to this looking for a broader range of things to be talked about. I'm happy to start one if you guys want.

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Who is A A Ron? Liked a reply to forum topic Sea Otter Classic - 2026

4/19/2026 3:17pm

I just bought one of these frames. It is hilariously fun. It does exactly what it says on the tin. It makes you a rider instead of a passenger. Less plowing, all playing.

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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/5/2026 10:49am

One challenge with low volume apparel is amortizing the development cost. Soft goods sometimes cost more to develop than hard goods as it's a ton of labor making patterns, sewing up samples, testing, reworking the protos, repeat this several times, then have the factory make a few pre-production samples to make sure they interpreted your tech pack correctly. You also need to validate for durability (all brands do this, right? RIGHT?). It's as much voodoo as it is hard science, which means lots of back and forth. Yes, we give them CAD files for patterns, but it's still all hand...

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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic E-bike talk: not tech rumor derailment

3/2/2026 2:43pm

from Hans Rey about ebike development Link: https://hansrey.com/blog/ An Open Letter to the Bicycle Industry By Hans Rey To the leaders, builders, advocates, and riders who shape our industry, I’m writing because I care deeply about where bicycles—and electric bicycles—are headed. We are at a crossroads. The decisions we make about language, power limits, and definitions will determine whether Class 1 e-bikes remain accepted as bicycles—or get grouped with much more powerful machines that don’t belong in the same category. It’s time to define our language and it’s time to draw a line in the sand of when e-bikes become...

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