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  1. DieselnDust
    He was never a palooka. Always had the engine , just needed the right guidance and training it took him longer by modern standards because he didn’t have the European opportunities in his younger life. Talent is talent and it rises to the top
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    Might not want to reveal himself on bike hub…🫣
  3. DieselnDust
    Bike shop /owner/mechanic….….weirdos the lot of them comes with years of customer practice
  4. DieselnDust
    There were quite a few supply chain challenges post Covid. Our biggest problem is still exchange rate. SA will need to align with either the West or the East eventually. The fence sitting isn't helping our cause either way
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    Being stared down by a weird stalker with a long mane 😂….
  6. DieselnDust
    Ya 480W FTP isn’t even my zone 9
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    Saw this posted on one of the sites in the week. Didn’t see anything in SA. Is there an FSA distributor in SA?
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    Big hours going slowly smaller hours going very fast
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    That’s the same Stages Gen3 based unit on the Giant Australia website👍
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    Thanks Droo, is it listed in their site?
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    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C57I6gdM9zY/?igsh=MXRhb2FyMXc2OHdqdw== for the that course wasn’t technical group
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    So it turns out Stages owes Giant a ton of cash and Giant is sueing Stages to settle the unpaid invoices totalling $13million ish. Four of Stages top execs have now joined Giant so lets wait for the technology to re-emerge under the Giant brand. Giant already builds the Stages bike computer and all the indoor bikes.
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    Overheads like rental and salaries have not increased dramatically since inflation in the USA and Europe was low. China has seen drastic salary increases off a very low base hence I didn’t include these as driving bicycle retail pricing
  14. DieselnDust
    I think the social benefit aspect of bicycle marketing is the same as green washing. It’s overblown to justify high product pricing. I get it that raw material costs are higher and if anything is responsible for driving carbon bicycle prices upward it high energy prices ; crude, gas, and renewable. add taxes and distribution costs plus distribution margins that shave all crept upward as more people in the supply chain cash in on the margins available. In sa, exchange rate and import tariffs all add up . everyone’s standard of living has improved over the past 20yrs. a few things we as cyclists need to get over; we don’t need a new bike every year we don’t need n+1 <puts on flame proofs> we don’t need top of the range bikes with xx1 axs when GX axs works just as nicely and even xo1 mech we don’t need a new bib every week
  15. DieselnDust
    We can see this already. Favero is quickly becoming an aftermarket sales leader by offering good current value for a pm and they have options for the popular pedal interfaces. This is key to success.
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