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Businesses abhor uncertainty as well. Which is why the breaking-some-eggs-to-make-an-omelette attitude is so baffling. There is no omelette being made. Its just breaking eggs because the people running things are toddlers and like the sound they make when they hit the floor. If the goal is...

There are some pretty hard limits to how much prices can go up though before companies feel pain. People don't have infinite money to buy stuff; the more prices go up, the less people will buy. Its also the sort of thing someone says when they can afford large increases in their living...

I've been waiting to see how a kickstarter I backed would handle the tariffs (Routewerks big handlebar bag, FWIW). They updated today basically saying "we are almost done production in China, and just don't think the tariffs will last so we are warehousing them in HK and waiting things out"...

Professional converters and DIYers are basically buying the same stuff. I would assume PedalUma is much more competent at part selection and execution than, say, I would be, but I don't think hes buying anything that your average DIYer can't get. Its also worth noting that both DIY and pro...

DIYers? I think like 99.9% of those parts come from China. Is there anyone making motors/controllers for DIY kits literally anywhere else on the planet?

Who knows, maybe one of the big 3 will buy enough trump/melania crypto to secure a tariff exception for bike stuff.

To the original point of this thread, really the only question is how much more expensive everything bike will get, and how bad the industry will get hurt. Too many raw, intermediate and final products come from overseas and will increase in price, and profit margins just aren't there for most...

It can happen when the bead doesn't fully seat somewhere, so the tire is out of round. It can also happen when theres a failure or defect in the tire casing causing it to bulge at one location. Could also be a hop in the wheel itself (a spot where uneven spoke tension is causing the wheel...

I mean, figuring out what this administrations policy actually is is sorta like interpreting a kindergartners crayon scribbles, but generally tariffs are on the imported [whatevers] manufacturing cost. So if the frame cost you $300 to have made in some Chinese factory, you'd pay...

The problem is that so many bikes/ebikes "made" in other countries (EU, USA, other Asian countries) contain large quantities of parts made in china. And parts made in other countries are generally made with materials largely imported from China. If you massively tariff imported aluminum, for...

"Fat tires" back then were probably skinnier than standard gravel tires are now. :)

There are some small, high end part manufacturers in the US, but I don't think its possible to assemble a complete bike from US components. And even those small manufacturers are likely using at least some imported materials. Just for example, China is by far the worlds leader in aluminum...

Things are gonna go from bad to worse for the bike industry. A lot of industries, really, but our little corner of the economy is not in a good position to absorb a massive tax increase. Bike companies don't run on huge margins and are already suffering a collapse in demand. A chaotic economy...

Whats funny is many of the people who were local early adopters of the modern gravel movement rode converted MTB hardtails. Start with a 29er hardtail, swap a shorter stem and alternative bar of your choice (drops, jones H, whatever), rigid fork and slick tires and boom, gravel bike. I know...

Its a really good question, and one that doesn't really have a clear answer. Historically there has been a variety of bike categories in that space between road bikes and mountainbikes. Touring bikes, endurance road bikes, cyclocross, monster cross, etc. Gravel is the hot (relatively) new...

I know, I'm being tongue in cheek. Its not totally unheard of, the occasional person runs a suspension fork on local gravel rides, but most people just run rigid. I don't really get the point of these super light short travel gravel forks; if you really want front suspension, get a real fork...

PLEASE UNIVERSE LET THIS BE TRUE. I mean, except the suspension, I don't care about that. Not that a 30mm fork really counts as suspension. Hopefully the real website sucks less. :p

Their website is atrocious. I couldn't find geometry on it. It doesn't look super relaxed but its hard to tell in pics. Frame design is aping GTs triple triangle. Full power mid drive and good size battery is a plus IMO. Otherwise, eh. I'll reserve judgement until I see better pics, full...

Oof, yeah, I missed that. Light road ebike is definitely something you want decent torque sensing on.

Honestly its a pretty good deal if you want a light, low assist ebike. Sram rival groupset with hydraulic discs, carbon frame and fork, offered in two reasonably specced builds (road with narrower bars and rims and road tires, or gravel with flared bars and wider rims and tires). Its hub...