legitimately worried about my local shop
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Robinson Meyer
“It’s difficult to overstate how existential the tariffs are for the bicycle industry. Imports account for 97% of the bikes purchased in the United States, of which 87% come from China, making it ‘one of the most import-dependent industries in the U.S.’” heatmap.news/economy/trum...
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If you share that sweet potato pie recipe, I'll mail you a Shimano Dura-Ace casette gear-by-gear, baked into butter tarts.
Right?
https://www.irvsbikeshop.com/
Maybe I just go to China this summer and import one for myself.
But I am very worried about the entire bike industry, top to bottom.
I don't think Riv will make it. They were problematically expensive before all this.
Really sad all around.
It that isn't going to just be bicycles.
I don't know about everyone else but I tired of replacing things when a simple repair could have done the job
J/S IMO anyway
possible work there 🤷♀️
It’s about to collapse
Maybe letting a bag of raw sewage rule over the strongest economic and military power on the planet wasn't the greatest idea we've ever had as a nation. Maybe not even "Top 5."
#longliverimbrakes
There is legit little that can be done to save them.
Why is he obsessed with pain?
Racism is about being told by reality, then killing reality.
He is actually just going to destroy the economy we have now. This might really be, if there is any hope, any justice in the world, the death kneel for the GOP.
There’s no way anyone is expanding or buying replacement equipment at or near the costs prior to tariffs.
But aren't like blue-collar small businesses the most likely to be dependent on products potentially made in China? And existentially so?
Except for those pesky bike frames.
"About three or for seasons. They're up for sale if you want them."
"Let me see your ID"
"You don't need to see his ID"
"We don't need to see his ID"
"These aren't the bikes you're looking for"
So glad all my bikes are rim brake.
I have one carbon rb frame that I probably need to think about the future of, and I know a shop with an "outdated" Trek rb frame (frame/fork only) hanging on the wall priced to sell. May be time to buy that insurance policy NOW.
But also? So will everyone's business. The president is asking for something impossible from everyone in the country now.
Impeach him already.