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JVP Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/7/2025 1:07pm
In the meantime, I have an incoming factory order of a couple thousand mtb pants that are going to be hit with an additional 26% tariff, for 53.9% total import tax. India. That would be all fine and good, if: 1: I thought consumers would be wiling to pay 26% more. LOL. 2: Tariffs would hold at 53.9%. They won't, so I'll be in a permanent hole on this year's inventory. These import taxes will roll away within a few months. Businesses need a predictable environment in which to operate. If I knew the tariffs would actually be permanent and...
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4/6/2025 11:36am
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PeteHaile Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
4/4/2025 12:03pm
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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monarchmason Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/31/2025 2:47pm
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sethimus Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/30/2025 1:28am
so why did they build this?
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boozed Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/30/2025 1:28am
Will the Special Ed marketing team take a ban bet on this one? If it isn't something truly revolutionary like, say, a hoverbike, they're not allowed to work in the industry ever again.
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jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/30/2025 1:27am
their marketing department has been replaced by AI?
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boozed Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/29/2025 10:53pm
So, simultaneously, bikes and bike-related products are way too expensive, while the people who design and maintain them are underpaid. This industry truly is a mess.
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notanengineer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/27/2025 11:23am
I agree. To add color to the comparison of Cheesecake, Chipotle, and Maxxis – the latter is a manufacturer that takes raw material and run production processes to produces tires. Unit economics for a production factory is not governed by traditional wisdom and using Maxxis as a counterpoint for reducing the number of choices offered to the customer by a small business is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison. Factories, amongst other things, seek to reduce waste in the production process. When manufacturing items like tires, there is raw resource that is transformed into a product thru some...
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/27/2025 11:22am
Plenty of businesses are built on offering consumers maximum choice, Nike, Amazon, the Mexican restaurant down the street, etc. Optionality can be a real value-add in the right space with the right execution. But more often than not, neither is the case. You're right the Cheesecake Factory is a successful business. But compare it to a food service company like Chipotle (who has a simple menu), and the gap is massive. Cheesecake is worth $2.5B with 2–3% net margins; Chipotle is worth $60B with 12–14% margins. Sure, multiple factors contribute to that difference, but menu simplicity is undoubtedly one of...
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3/27/2025 1:26am
Wtf, this bike is hideous. I like that!
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Craw Liked a comment about bike check Homemade steel high pivot downhill bike
3/27/2025 1:25am
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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26aintdead Liked a comment about bike check Homemade steel high pivot downhill bike
3/27/2025 1:25am
Woah, that pivot is higher than Snoop
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/22/2025 9:08am
We've obviously talked about this a lot, and I’m in a bit of a unique spot, having played the “CFO” role at a small, vertically integrated manufacturing company in the outdoor space. I don’t think I’m oversharing when I say it’s a labor of love. That’s not to say Intend isn’t profitable, but let’s be real: Kornelius could probably make a lot more money as a founder/design engineer in just about any other industry. I touched on this in the podcast I did a while back, but the IQ level in the bike industry is wild. You’ve got incredibly talented...
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3/22/2025 8:07am
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
3/17/2025 12:37am
there's a huge myth to the influencer/content creation story that always seems to be ignored. the myth is that "you too can have it all" because all you need is a selfie stick, gopro and social media. "there are no 'gate keepers' any longer like back in the olden days" is a line i often hear. i'd wager passing through the gates (held by billion-dollar companies that control the algorithm) to success is infinitely more difficult now than it ever was in 1987, 1996, 2003 or 2011. it's no different than an actor from a small midwest town going to...
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jessemelamed Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
3/13/2025 2:11pm
I want to know what this is for and why I didn't think of it.
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