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This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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I've bought a lot of stuff from the german online joints.
I just make sure to wash the poop off when it gets here.
Do say more.
Welp, he cheered a Nazi criminal in front of the parliament, and there's no way to deny it ..
Ya, Really bad look. Whoever fucked up and did not do their job with proper full background checks and let that slip through needs a talkin'
to. 
^the speaker (that had invited the vet) did resign soon after, but yeah, bit of an oops there.
We're not doing a whole lot better down here, this week the police caught the owner of the biggest US dollar seller in the black market. He was the grandchild of a Croatian Ustasha.
Further reading on how CRC/wiggle folding is going to fuck up the industry.
I’ve no issue with a giant conglomerate having its pants pulled down, but this could really cause a bottleneck on parts availability as well as see a lot of folk losing their jobs (including Kyle Strait and Sam Hill, who will probably be able to pick up new rides admittedly)
I’ve no issue with a giant conglomerate having its pants pulled down, but this could really cause a bottleneck on parts availability as well as see a lot of folk losing their jobs (including Kyle Strait and Sam Hill, who will probably be able to pick up new rides admittedly)
Bond market says alot. Cheap money gone to the high end of town, means the turd dropped in the creek is floating downwards
how can I help augment and further this process?
Is that the line he’s telling his girlfriend so he can live in her Costa Rica villa? Nice one. Guy probably just owes some taxes
Oh man, shit. You may never know for real. You might actually be on to something....We'll see how this plays out. Could be spicey.Is that the line he’s telling his girlfriend so he can live in her Costa Rica villa? Nice one. Guy probably just owes some taxes
bikester out would be good news to me. one less swiss competitor
Rene Benkö, owner and founder of Signa, is a major ******ss. Fucked up a lot over here and was best buddy to our other cluster fuck called Team Türkis and their Heiland Sebastian Kurz.
I'm afraid though, that he will be the last one to have any disadvantages from this whole affair.
You work for one of the large bikeshops? Also who is there in Yurp besides Bikester that has their size?
DJ Brandt seems to be the first victim.
DJ Brandt on Instagram: "Some heart breaking shit right here. I feel like I was dating margot robbie, we had all these plans together and she got hit by a train I wanted to make a post explaining why I won’t be riding for Nukeproof anymore so there wasn’t any rumors. I was on a 2 year deal until the end of 2024 but it got cut short due to nukeproofs parent company losing a massive investor. It’s not my fault, it’s no one I worked withs fault. Just the product of some bad business way above any of our heads. I’m heart broken because I felt like I had landed in the best place working with so many great people, literally everyone I met was the shit, the bikes were great and I was so pumped on the whole deal. They made it feel like a family and not just a sponsorship so shout out to everyone who made this short experience as great as it was, I hope you all find a soft place to land❤️ As for me I’m doing what I can to find a company that I can mesh well with, it’s not easy to do this late in the year but hoping for the best Pretty damn sad about all this but that’s life and we gotta keep er rollin."
8,858 likes, 171 comments - djshreda on October 19, 2023: "Some heart breaking shit right here. I feel like I was dating margot robbie, we had all these plans together and she got hit by a train I wanted to make a post explaining why I won’t be riding for Nukeproof anymore so there wasn’t any...
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swiss chain. shopping in switzerland is a special island. ppl are super local here and most won’t even shop online.
Does it lead to higher prices or weird availability issues? I know local shops in eastern bavaria are shit. There are a few good ones but jesus 99% of them are e-bike showrooms where you can't even buy a tube. That was quite annoying when I decided to do some road riding where my family lives.
Ya, Really bad look. Whoever fucked up and did not do their job with proper full background checks and let that slip through needs a talkin'
I think we're comparing apples and oranges here. On the one hand, a politicians home office, 500 miles from where said politician currently lives and works, didn't do their due diligence about the person they were inviting to Parliament and who fought in a war 80 years ago. Essentially, his home office staff didn't do their research* and his Ottawa staff didn't catch the error.
On the other hand a black market money launderer... not really on the same scale.
*they didn't realize that the 'team' fighting Russia in Ukraine 80 years ago was actually the bad guys, and Russia was on our team all that time ago. Hell, I bet the people working at his home office are in their 20s... geopolitical alignment of eastern bloc countries in the 1940s is probably not their forté.
I never known you are Croatian (I'm a moron though). How are the general feelings towards Ustasha now? Since many places in Europe see a resurgence of WW2 and before Fascist organizations but I know Ustashas were on another level.
Sounds like Vitus and Nukeproof USA are shut down immediately.
| Today an amazing group of people has been forced to swallow a bitter pill. Despite exceeding our top and bottom line FY23 goals handily, SIGNA Sports United North America’s bike division has been forced to cease all operations with less than a few days’ notice. This was triggered Monday by a sudden reneging of a binding 150 million Euro equity commitment to SIGNA Sports United N.V. To say this comes as a shock is an understatement. I haven’t even begun to be able to process this yet. Culturally and professionally, we created something entirely unique, built on a common passion to earn rider trust. We had the top talent in America in their respective disciplines, and an entirely novel approach to building a commercial enterprise in our vertical rooted in strong values. We made our culture a focus. We empowered and supported each other. We had each other’s backs, our rider’s backs and we moved with speed and conviction. Vitus and Nukeproof were merely steppingstones on the larger path we were building, and the immediate success of those two brands in this challenging environment speaks volumes about this team. And, to think it's all been done in just over a year! I could not be more humbled and honored to work alongside and learn from each of you every day. I am better for it. Thank you for being awesome. |
perfect, a bunch of folk will be scrambling for work two months before the end of the year, what fun. At least the investors escaped unhurt.Sounds like Vitus and Nukeproof USA are shut down immediately.
Today an amazing group of people has been forced to swallow a bitter pill.
Despite exceeding our top and bottom line FY23 goals handily, SIGNA Sports United North America’s bike division has been forced to cease all operations with less than a few days’ notice. This was triggered Monday by a sudden reneging of a binding 150 million Euro equity commitment to SIGNA Sports United N.V.
To say this comes as a shock is an understatement. I haven’t even begun to be able to process this yet.
Culturally and professionally, we created something entirely unique, built on a common passion to earn rider trust. We had the top talent in America in their respective disciplines, and an entirely novel approach to building a commercial enterprise in our vertical rooted in strong values. We made our culture a focus. We empowered and supported each other. We had each other’s backs, our rider’s backs and we moved with speed and conviction. Vitus and Nukeproof were merely steppingstones on the larger path we were building, and the immediate success of those two brands in this challenging environment speaks volumes about this team. And, to think it's all been done in just over a year!
I could not be more humbled and honored to work alongside and learn from each of you every day. I am better for it. Thank you for being awesome.
most stuff in switzerland has a local alternative, but the euro shops also ship and its quite lucrative to shop there as you pay only swiss sales tax (7.7%) if they already invoice the taxes. else the shipper will invoice you an extra fee. stuff in switzerland has of course swiss prices but with swiss wages ppl mostly dont mind. we sell everything at uvp and you get a shit ton of stuff in the stores, everything else comes from main storage next day or via dropshipping from the importeurs. as we specialize mostly im parts and accessoires we are quite immune to all the shit going on. i sell still more bikes than the people before me last year, because im awesome
had sold more than 2022 at the end of august already and still going strong.If it truly is the bubble bursting then PON is probably due a pretty big shake up soon.
Not the same thing, but give the recent pinkbike podcast with Wyn a listen. He describes some changes already happening at GT.
No. just the first to post on Socials
Kyle Strait posting on it as well. Damn. Hopefully GT keeps his wife on board or Strait Acres might be on the market.
Ordered once from them, terrible experience. However, I can give a thumbs up to https://4mybike.de/
Pon is what? I'm sleepy today so my brain doesn't recall
PON holdings is one of the “big four” (Trek, specialized, giant, PON) bike companies in the US In terms of sales. They are the owners of Santa Cruz, cervello, cannondale, GT, Schwinn (lol, talk about a fall from grace) and many others in the commuter/hybrid market.
Damn... and here I was about to order a couple pairs of shorts from them. Super cheap compared to prices here.