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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...

Just a Concussion Hayden Wright and Jaimi Parr Far too often, the phrase “ just a concussion ” is used to downplay the severity of head injuries sustained in crashes. A knock to the head is frequently considered minor—especially when compared to broken bones or torn ligaments. But the reality is far more complex. In early 2025 long-time contributor Hayden Wright experienced a crash, resulting in a concussion that brought with it symptoms which persisted for months. Though invisible to others, the effects were deeply debilitating, with impacts noticed through every part of day-to-day life. In search of answers and...

I just spun this up; gives you some idea where we might be.

Just added a new post to my substack for those interested. Here is the synopsis... The Bad (mostly covered here) • The factories in Taiwan are getting way fewer orders. • Canyon full year 2025: revenue down 7%, EBITDA down 34% • Knolly news (see above) - one thing I didn't mention is the mechanics here. Getting your LOC called sucks, and it extra sucks when your business has been contracting. I do wonder what the business actually looks like, how big the delta was (how much cash did they need) and if they were forecasting a profitable year. I...

Use the notwithstanding clause - that shiz works on everything.

And the floor is not 0, it's 2 million. God I hate graphs that are misleading by nature...

While I was unemployed a while back, I got hooked on urban planning videos.. Not Just Bikes is probably one of my favorite channels. Anyway, a constant theme that comes up is that the US is more concerned with moving cars, not people. Another is that the best way to reduce traffic is to make transportation options other than cars viable. I live less than a mile from a lot of shopping and there is no safe easy way for me to ride there for small trips..

The Bomber, no question. Better damper, better chassis. They put Judys on pathway bikes. 🤮 I don't know what to say about the shock. If she's light enough it might not matter. I'd also look at better tires if she's still on the stock ones. More control = more confidence = happy rider.

Because he's a good dude and people like to see nice things happening to good people.

@sspomer can we get this guy on Bikes Unaffiliated?

I can speak to clothing as I run a tiny MTB apparel brand, Abit Gear. The short story is that for USA brands, tariffs are making it a royal PITA and covid saw a glut of inventory that isn't yet cleared. Sure, margins are good on paper, but you have a SKU problem with apparel do to size and color variants, you have to carry a lot of aged inventory, and fight discounting from competitors more than with hard goods. For technical apparel, China is, by far, the best quality. Most of the technical apparel factories are in China. They...