Hey folks,
I’m on the market for a Wahoo Bolt 3. Does Wahoo historically offer labor day sales? Also, I have a coupon directly from Wahoo for a v1 Bolt. Often one cannot combine rebates, but I’d love to hear if someone has had a different experience. Cheers!
Just a disclaimer regarding additional charges and tariffs on imported bike parts. I purchased an aluminum HUP racing frame for my Son from the UK for 499 pounds and paid over 150 shipping. The frame arrived within a week or two and another week later I get a tariff bill from FedEx for $141.70. I’m disappointed in what has become and nervous for a big tire order I placed from bike inn that still hasn’t shipped.
It seems like that should still fall under de minimis , at least until Friday, right? Are they counting shipping cost somehow?
I just bike24’d some tires that came in last week that was a ‘before it ends’ buy. No bill (yet).
Some of the shipping companies aren’t caring what the actual tariffs are. They charge much more than the actual tariffs (even if exempt!) and pocket the difference. Increased profit for them and the current administration isn’t going to go after them.
So shopping from Europe finally caught up to me, due to an error I believe on the part of Lordgun. I made a ~$500 order that was supposed to fall under the de minimis exemption, however it did not due to some items being marked as being from China on the invoice. The items are:
From all of my research, these items are actually made in Japan, or with some occasional sources saying Taiwan. The bizarre part is that as you can see they correctly marked the chain itself as being from Japan, but the links they got wrong.
Now UPS wants a $230 bill to deliver the package, which makes the whole purchase uneconomic. When I filed a ticket with Lordgun, they simply responded “Please note that the information on the invoice is correct”. I followed up to ask them what their source of information is, but I believe they are either selling counterfeit goods (unlikely), or simply don’t know where their goods are produced (likely). And unfortunately there is no way to contact Lordgun by phone.
I am planning on filing a chargeback if Lordgun isn’t able to resolve this, which I am guessing they won’t be. Which is sad, because the items are actually made in Japan, and so if they actually had competent customer support they could amend their invoice, and get UPS to resolve this.
Let me know if anybody has any advice / feedback on my analysis, thanks!
Silca is offering its Labor Day sale. A bunch of items 25-50% off.
Could it be one of the other items? That seems like less than 10% of a $500 order.
No, the problem is that the Chinese items make it so the de minimis exemption does not apply. So you could have an order with $700 of Japanese items, and the tariffs would be $0. Then you add $1 worth of Chinese item to the order. Your tariffs will all of a sudden be say $300. Because the whole order is tariffed then. So Lordgun screwed me by falsely claiming there were Chinese items in my order.
While US tariff policy is a moving target, I think tomorrow the de minims rule suspension applies to all imports, not just Chinese products.
This article notes that the US limit of $800 was far outside the world norms.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5519361/de-minimis-rule-tariffs-consumers-imports-trump
edit: day the rule changes.
Interesting points in the article. I had not Thought too much about de minimus as I don’t order too much from overseas. i wonder where I will feel its impacts as I usually buy my cycling stuff from bigger retailers.
Off topic:
This reminds me of an older discussion on another forum regarding the size of some EU shops. People were surprised to learn that bike24 has more than 500 employees; the r2-bike is smaller with around 50 employees.
Nobody cares about “norms”, they just want their cheap cycling stuff even if it’s bad policy overall. We have been so spoiled for so long in the US (on many fronts), all you need to do is look around the world for some perspective on this stuff. There is a lot of valid criticism about the approach (or lack of a thoughtful approach) to address many of the US’s long standing trade policies, but the US is still a very consumer-friendly (and trade friendly) environment compared to most countries.
At least in the US I have the freedom to buy GP 5000 S TR for $108 at my LBS instead of paying ~$53 to those commies in Europe 
I guess I mean more established and not necessarily bigger. BikeTiresDirect would be an example. No idea if BTD would be ordering shipments under $800.
That’s the truth. It’s been a long journey from the days of browsing the Sears catalog in my youth, bookmarking items, then saving money or asking for an item from Xmas. Then waiting for however long it took for that item to get delivered (forever). As much as I love buying new things I’m trying to reverse that trend for myself. Do I need more tires? Probably not. Do I need to constantly upgrade my garmin watch? Definitely not.
The old “need” vs “want” situation. I may save 1 watt by buying new tires but since my FTP is so low, I clearly NEED that watt! 
I agree. It’s easier to spend money than work hard(er).
In the US, our economy doesn’t work with this logic.
That’s why I just bought a new MTB because the deal was too good to pass on 
I think we’re doing what we can for the economy. Patriots!
