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  1. 100% - I normally travel alone so rent an SUV and drop the seats for the whole trip in order to stick the mtb and the bag in. Also only if renting at airport and dropping off at airport so minimal dragging bike about. With family, wouldn’t take a bike along, rather rent.
  2. I have travelled with my bike quite a lot and have always used a soft bag (mtb) mainly because of the weight. I check it in as an extra bag so try and keep total weight below the max allowed. I rented a road bike for Milan in 2019. I’ll try and dig out the details of the rental guys. They were very thorough. The bike was a Wilier. I didn’t end up riding it because of an issue with our meetings, but it was a lovely bike.
  3. Listened to the podcast referenced above last night. Really interesting breaking down the costs per bike of a small manufacturer. Would be interesting to hear similar detail from A big (ger) manufacturer.
  4. The nets around the building is a contractor that manufactures for lots of companies and employs lots of people in their late teens and early twenties, not specifically an Apple contractor. Worth reading up on it as it’s a fascinating manufacturing organisation, effectively a self contained small city that manufactures for some of the world’s biggest names. China is massive. Both times that I have been there, I have been to cities that I had never heard of before that have millions of residents. The middle class is growing fast and are wanting to imitate the west in many ways. Expensive phones, whisky’s and cars are very popular, so why not expensive bikes?
  5. Is that a gherkin in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? 😜
  6. China and, more recently, India, are where global brands are fighting for expansion. The more mature markets are what got brands like Apple, Nike etc etc to where they are now. China and India are what will get them the growth they need going forward. A market that size with an emerging middle class in the hundreds of millions is always going to be a decider.
  7. According to that podcast that was shared last week (escape collective), Spez is seeing consistent 50%+ YOY growth in China, so I suspect that they are protected overall from a restriction in sales.
  8. Been perving over the new anthems recently. Unfortunately I can fund my daughter’s varsity accommodation for a year for the price of an anthem so maybe in 4 more years 😂. i love looking at new bikes but my skill, my wallet and my abilities are way more matched to what i already have. If okes can afford 12k bikes and they love them, then good luck to them.
  9. Looked at this bike online in the UK yesterday. 12k in pounds is still a brutal amount for a bicycle.
  10. I still look at my 2014 Anthem with love, even after looking at these bikes 😂
  11. Learned the hard way that the tickr is not consistently reliable. Garmin was good until I left it salty for too long. Currently using a cheapish bontrager strap that is bulletproof so far.
  12. I didn’t think the prices were too bad in the article. Even if you pay for tents, it’s still cheaper than Sani for the three days.
  13. @Dale just reading this now. Sorry this has happened and hoping your recovery is as smooth as possible.
  14. Thanks for the recommendation- on episode 2 now. Fantastic
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