Buy the new bike!! Its not worth missing out on some great riding just in hopes of saving a few hundred bucks.
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Get a hardtail from 10yrs ago for dirt cheap and build it up as a dropbar MTB. I could even run an FD on my procaliber. Rides well and tons of fun to be had.
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The answer is “Yes, buy whatever you can RIGHT NOW”.
Everything is about to get really fookin’ expensive.
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Reciprocal tariffs:
- Vietnam: 46%
- China: 34% (incremental over the 20% already levied, I believe)
- Taiwan: 32%
- EU: 20%
- Japan: 24%
- Thailand: 36%
Absolute insanity.
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De Minimus exemption on Chinese goods now also closed…so all those Chinese goods that cost less than $800 dollars you were buying form Aliexpress will now be subject to the tariffs.
Cambodia was high too, maybe 49%. The last few kids bikes I’ve gotten (specialized hotrock series) were all Cambodian made. So they’ll likely go up a good amount.
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Yeah, that list above was just a small representation of the new tariffs…I mostly focused on countries / regions that are bike-related.
Ooooof maybe you just helped me make up my mind. Just have to find something good in stock 
@Power13 I see you mentioned EU…any word on stuff from the UK?
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UK is 10%.
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Dammit wanted to order some stuff from Merlin
I appreciate the help!!!
I have not seen any implementation dates for the tariffs yet….you may be able to sneak a quick order in.
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Per Reuters: A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the higher penalties will take effect on April 9 and will apply to about 60 countries in all. The baseline 10% tariff will take effect on Saturday, the official said.
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Or when the market takes a predictable dump and then he delays these tariffs again… ugh.
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Do you know if this just the Chinese de minimus or does it apply to all countries? I need to order tires from Germany.
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From what I read, it was just for China…..but given the current decision making process, who knows?
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Just ordered $650 worth of stuff from UK…guess we’ll see what happens 
Due to arrive Monday
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Truth be told, it’s only like $200 worth of tires, and even with +10% it’s still less than getting them locally, but I want to avoid paying into it at all if I can help it. That and I heard some real horror stories with UPS and their customs fees last go round.
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Keep us posted. I’m probably going to pull the trigger from R2 and if I do I’ll update here.
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Not sure if related but I just had a bunch of stuff from AliExpress get canceled. Some Ti bolts, some TPU tubes, some budget bibs. Ordered on April 1 and this morning woke up to an email saying they couldn’t be shipped and my order was canceled.
Also, we can thank Specialized for this. Apparently they lobbied hard to get rid of this and raise tariffs.
Makes you think that budget Chinese wheels and parts must be scaring Specialized a bit.
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