With 125% tariffs, will the e-bike market die?

[DDBB]

I pay a dollar a week for Reuters news. The most neutral news source that's available to us. If it's on reuters, it's real, it happened and there's no spin

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Trump recently said the price of eggs has fallen 94%. This was not mentioned on conservative media sites or broadcasts.

I remember how eggs were $100 per dozen back in January...

 

[Roamers]

I pay a dollar a week for Reuters news. The most neutral news source that's available to us. If it's on reuters, it's real, it happened and there's no spin

Besides NBC, I watch a Fidelity newsfeed that is primarily Reuters reports. Plus Fidelity financial newsletters. Although I am conservative, I do not watch conservative TV (no cable or streaming services). Although I do listen to Fox Business on XM when driving.

 

[DaveMatthews]

I'd be more entertained if I could watch it all from a safe distance.

Understood...

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I'd be more entertained if I could watch it all from a safe distance.

I'm many thousand miles from you, and am equally scared.
The United States, not long ago a powerful country, friend and ally has become both a laugh and horror for the rest of the world because of DJT.
The DJT presser with President Zelensky was an eye-opener.

 

[jabberwocky]

A good article on the tariff issue from the ceo of a tabletop board game company:

Tariffs: Rolling Dice Against American Game Publishers

www.catalystgamelabs.com

I suspect the issues are largely the same for small and medium companies in the cycling world.

 

[Roamers]

Here is another hobby that could be affected big time by tariffs; used market should benefit.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Nah...
I never heard of it, so A) it doesn't exist, and B) it'll never affect me...

 

[Brian-s]

Probably not a good example . It was supposed to happen

Oh I agree it was supposed to happen. You see we need world turmoil now so that world conflict can happen, which will lead a group of scientists to Northern Montana to hide out during the world wars, where this team of scientists led by a certain scientists let's call him ZK, will create a new form of engine, so that thanks to Trump leading him there in the year 2068 on April 5th, he will ignite this engine for the first time and be seen by a passing spaceship.

Trump is part of The intergalactic plan for first contact

 

[Chargeride]

This is all very complicated, but it seems between us and the States, this is normal.

Key Differences in US and British Imperial
Volume:
US gallon: Based on the 231 cubic inch wine gallon, which is about 17% smaller than the British Imperial gallon.
US fluid ounce: Larger than the British Imperial fluid ounce (29.573 ml vs. 28.413 ml).
US Pint: 16 fluid ounces, compared to 20 fluid ounces in the Imperial pint.
US quart: 32 fluid ounces, compared to 40 fluid ounces in the Imperial quart.
US gallon: 128 fluid ounces, compared to 160 fluid ounces in the Imperial gallon.
Dry vs. Liquid Pints:
The U.S. system has separate dry and liquid pints, while the British system uses the same for both.
Stone:
The British stone (14 pounds) is not used in the United States.
Hundredweight:
The U.S. hundredweight is 100 pounds, while the British hundredweight is 112 pounds, leading to different definitions of the ton (short ton vs. long ton).
Other Units:
The U.S. system uses a "bushel" based on the Winchester bushel (2,150.42 cubic inches), which is slightly smaller than the British imperial bushel.

How the fuff did we manage in ww2

 

[Mr. Coffee]

This is all very complicated, but it seems between us and the States, this is normal.

Key Differences in US and British Imperial
Volume:
US gallon: Based on the 231 cubic inch wine gallon, which is about 17% smaller than the British Imperial gallon.
US fluid ounce: Larger than the British Imperial fluid ounce (29.573 ml vs. 28.413 ml).
US Pint: 16 fluid ounces, compared to 20 fluid ounces in the Imperial pint.
US quart: 32 fluid ounces, compared to 40 fluid ounces in the Imperial quart.
US gallon: 128 fluid ounces, compared to 160 fluid ounces in the Imperial gallon.
Dry vs. Liquid Pints:
The U.S. system has separate dry and liquid pints, while the British system uses the same for both.
Stone:
The British stone (14 pounds) is not used in the United States.
Hundredweight:
The U.S. hundredweight is 100 pounds, while the British hundredweight is 112 pounds, leading to different definitions of the ton (short ton vs. long ton).
Other Units:
The U.S. system uses a "bushel" based on the Winchester bushel (2,150.42 cubic inches), which is slightly smaller than the British imperial bushel.

How the fuff did we manage in ww2

Easy, when in doubt they just used the largest unit. They had plenty of stuff so shipping too much was rarely an issue.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I thought the UK was Metric since 1965 Tried to buy a quart of milk and it was all litre

 

[Mr. Coffee]

But a quart and a liter are for all practical purposes the same .

 

[Stefan Mikes]

But a quart and a liter are for all practical purposes the same .

Just to mention: U.S. units of measure are defined by SI units

 

[PedalUma]

In the nutty US nine-thirty-second-inch bit-drives are common. It is nuts! Why not adopt the world and scientific standard?-We have lost our way in so many other ways. And our standing. People wanted us to print paper and have them take it and keep it forever in exchange for our stamped-toilet tissue, then they have given real valuable and useful tangible stuff for us! Now everyone has lost faith in the printed toilet paper. All due the Myopic Fascist Tariffs that are unpatriotic; all for a few Oligarch's insider's to swing markets to benefit selfishly. That costs us all hugely.

 

[Chargeride]

I thought the UK was Metric since 1965 Tried to buy a quart of milk and it was all litre

1971 for cash, I remember the changeover.
Star Trek bubblegum went from 2d to 2 1/2p.
Everything is now metric except for everything that isnt.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Everything is now metric except for everything that isnt.

Let's face it.
You guys use miles for road distance and mph for speed. Tunnel height is marked in feet. You buy beer by British pints. That's all.

Temperature is Celsius, your body height is in cm, you give your body weight in kilograms not stones, the measurements used in the construction industry are metres, centimetres and millimetres. You buy milk, rum and coke by litre. Your screws are metric. Your pressure gauge is in bar, and the atmospheric pressure is in hPa. I give that the nominal pipe diameter is inch but the pipe length is metre Your road cyclists measure their speed in km/h. Do you still buy groceries by pound?

1971 for cash, I remember the changeover.
Star Trek bubblegum went from 2d to 2 1/2p.

I'm sure any younger generation than yours has appreciated the pound sterling divided into 100 pennies instead of pounds, shilling and pence Even the American have never invented anything that stupid
I also wonder how come Sweden could change from the left hand to right hand driving overnight...

 

[Chargeride]

Bike frames are still sold in inches, wheels are inches diameter, BB thread is English, mpg is more widely used, plane height is still feet, psi is still widely used, mcdonalds is still quarter pounder, horses run furlongs, depth fathoms /miles, boat speed knots.
willies are still inches

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Bike frames are still sold in inches

Or size 54 (road/gravel bikes), M (general), S3 (MTB)

wheels are inches diameter

Is 47-622 a 28 or 29" wheel? (It is why ETRTO leaves no doubt)

plane height is still feet

It is because a long time ago Airbus realized the only way to conquer the U.S. market would be setting the distance to nautical miles, speed to knots, altitude to feet, vertical speed to fpm. Now, the pressure is hPa worldwide except the U.S. where it is inches mercury. The most radical change was measuring the amount of fuel in kilograms worldwide in the aviation. Please read or watch the "Gimli Glider" history: a very interesting case on mismatching kilograms with pounds. The U.S. commercial aviation regulator has written "Eventually, all aviation measurement units must become metric" but no date was ever given.

psi is still widely used

Both units are used (in parallel).

BB thread is English

Please indicate the BSA thread in your Haibike Not sure how your motor is made by my crankarms are tightened or loosened with an 8 mm hex key

mcdonalds is still quarter pounder

Not in my country. We have McRoyal or WieśMac (Countryside Mac) Is the British McD colour scheme still red or is it green (as in Europe?)

A Countryside Mac of Poland No pickles!

 

[Chargeride]

No, your national unit of measurement is the Pole, eight Poles are a Mast and theres 90 Sticks in a Mast.

Anyone using metric gets a visit from the Poleice.

Or so Ive heard.