nickwhite wrote:
tttiltheend wrote:
R2 wrote:
coming back to bikes... do we think that the tri bike developments be as fast without cheap production facilities in China?
how about wheels - i still remember the excitement when Flo wheels started - their business was built on sending production to china and providing wheels to the masses.
Unless Flo changed their supplier recently, their wheels are made in Taiwan, not mainland China.
Flo ditching their original China manufacturing partner and moving operations to Taiwan turned out to be a fantastic decision. Ultimately though, even Taiwanese exports are going to go up in price (as they source most of their raw materials from mainland China.)
Theres not a tariff between Taiwan & China, so why would their raw materials become more expensive?
float , hammer , and jog