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Experts in shipping and logistics have already beaten that topic to death and explained why that isn't going to happen.

I'm kind of doubtful that any hardtail mountain bike is going to be very stable or safe at 60mph. Or will even stay in one piece for very long.

I have always found it hilarious that a lot of large American trucks and SUVs won't even fit in a standard sized garage. When you realize most Americans don't ever store their vehicles in a garage (the garage is for storing all of their junk) it almost makes sense. I note that "large American...

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

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

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

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

About that. Chinese manufacturing cost advantages are 100 percent about lower labor costs. If the product is more amenable to automated manufacturing, like a product with no large moving parts like a battery that cost advantage will be proportionately less. It really comes down to willingness...

Where did you get the 20 grand figure from? There are numerous bespoke bicycle manufacturers in the United States. If you go all-in on a custom frame build, custom paint job, and super-fancy high-end components you might get your bike a bit over ten grand. Most of those manufacturers only...

Color me skeptical about China invading Taiwan. I would think it kind of a ballsy move to start the first war your country actually fights in over forty years with the largest amphibious invasion in history. And one also has to question with modern weapon systems and surveillance technology...

The only reason the 2008 crisis wasn't far, far worse was that lot of government officials did their jobs and effectively responded to the disaster. Their actions were far from perfect and created many other problems in following years. But they got us out of the ditch. I have my doubts that...

Best case scenario is I wake up and this is just a particularly awful dream. But I don't think we are that lucky. Though like a lot of awful dreams many things just don't make any sense.

The problem with your theory and world view is that these things are all interconnected. Even if you have perfect forward knowledge of how events will play out in the financial markets, if somebody somewhere else you've never heard of makes a huge (and stupid) bet that goes bad it may take your...

All of them, or for all practical purposes all of them. The bike industry as a whole is in poor shape with a glut of products that aren't selling sitting in bike shops. There's no way anyone's buying a new tariff-priced e-bike when there are models from 2022 still in bike shops. The big...

Which is fine if you are 100 percent sure you aren't one of the eggs.

The whole tariff thing is a giant insider trading grift.

Someone needs to take a macroeconomics and finance class. Also it would help to learn some history. The current trajectory seems to be almost intentionally courting a global economic collapse. This is utterly insane. Somehow the United States ended up with a dysfunctional Command Economy...

If they can fit a tandem rim might be a good starting point. Also if they could fit a good MTB rim with 36 spokes, but I doubt they would fit your frame. The downside to a tandem rim is that the rear wheel on most tandems isn't dished in and is symmetric and won't fit most singles.

I think you are looking at a lot of work to produce a workable conversion in this situation. The multiple problems are all probably solvable, but they will take time and won't be cheap. And you likely will need to buy quite a few different parts and spend a lot of time patiently experimenting...