Canyon Preparing for US Launch
Last May, Canyon announced their plans to expand into the United States, and according to the press release below, those plans are getting closer to becoming a reality. Canyon says that by the beginning of Q3 (which means July in non-business speak) customers will be able to purchase bikes online and have them delivered to their front doors. The concept of direct-to-consumer bike sales is still fairly new in North America, but the number of options is growing, and given the size of Canyon and the depth of their product offerings their entry into the market could shake things up even further. Read on for further details as provided by Canyon. - Mike Kazimer
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Press Release
Germany’s Canyon Bicycles GmbH has today announced continued progress in their launch of direct-to-consumer sales in the United States. Beginning in Q3 of 2017, U.S. riders will be able to purchase Canyon’s German designed and engineered road bikes, mountain bikes, and triathlon bikes for direct delivery to their home or office in the United States.
“Canyon has been selling the world’s best engineered and most innovative bicycles direct to consumers for years, and we quickly demonstrated in Germany, throughout Europe and beyond, that our riders can expect the highest level of service and quality when buying online,” stated Canyon Founder & CEO, Roman Arnold. Arnold began in the industry over 30 years ago and has progressed from importing parts, to running a retail business, to establishing the Canyon brand in 2002 and selling online in 2003. “2008 was the first year international sales surpassed German sales and our brand has continued to grow strongly across the globe ever since. For us, entering the U.S. marks the next big step for Canyon.”
“For many years, we have heard from riders wanting Canyon to come to the U.S. so they can have access to the same award-winning bikes ridden by top professionals across a range of disciplines,” said Frank Aldorf, Canyon Chief Brand Officer. “We are pleased to announce that we will be able to share the Canyon experience in the United States, with direct sales of our bikes beginning in Q3 of this year.” Canyon has secured a warehouse facility in Southern California, and is in the process of choosing a location for management operations and dedicated U.S. customer service. Key staff have been hired, with other positions in the process of being filled. Continuing updates and event announcements can be found at the dedicated U.S. website online at www.canyon.com.
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Canyon has always been at the forefront of engineering, design, and setting the highest quality standards in the industry. The Canyon R&D Department is currently made up of some 50 engineers, designers, product managers and quality controllers. Strength in these areas truly sets Canyon apart as a brand, with innovation and expertise as the top priorities in all processes, from research, to design, to production, to delivery. Canyon also rely on the world’s top professionals in every discipline as integral parts of the R&D process. Teams and athletes include CANYON//SRAM Racing, Movistar Team with Giro and Vuelta winner Nairo Quintana, Team Katusha–Alpecin with ITT World Champion Tony Martin, Ironman Triathlon World Champion Jan Frodeno, Leadville 100 Course Record holder Alban Lakata, and the recently announced Canyon Factory Downhill Team, lead up by Troy Brosnan.
“It is incredibly rewarding to work with such driven competitors like Troy who is new to the Canyon family. The first time he raced on the Sender CF in Australia, he won,” said Aldorf. “But what’s even more important is to remember why we work with riders like him in the first place: we remain continually focused on our goal of democratizing performance – that means making bikes available to consumers who previously could not attain such a high level of innovation, engineering, and quality.”
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Canyon athlete Darren Berrecloth aboard his Sender.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will bikes be for sale in the US?
Bikes will be available Q3 this year. This is to ensure only model year 2018 inventory, reducing overlap of model years and streamlining efficiencies.
What kind of staffing will there be in the U.S.? What is progress on hiring these people?
We will have full-time staff in the U.S. for our warehouse and office operations. We will have dedicated US customer service staff as this is of top importance to Canyon. Customer service is one of our core functions when entering a new market. We are in the process of filling those positions and will be posting some additional job opportunities shortly.
Where will bikes be assembled?
All Canyon bikes are designed and engineered in Germany. We think "customer first" and in the interest of delivering the best buying experience to consumers who have been waiting the longest of Canyon bikes, we have now decided to go a hybrid way in our supply chain strategy. Some bikes purchased by U.S. customers will be assembled at our state-of-the-art Canyon factory in Koblenz, but in the interest of efficiency and to ensure that U.S. riders have the same high level of prompt service as in Europe, we will also be assembling some bikes in Asia, with final touch preparations being handled in the U.S.. Every single bike delivered to a U.S. customer will be pre-assembled and prepared with the same meticulous process and obsessive attention to detail as in our Koblenz facility.
Will there be a service center in the U.S.?
Our Southern California office will function as our U.S. service center, with dedicated staff.
How will Bikes be delivered in the U.S.?
U.S. customers will receive their Canyons exactly in the same manner as Canyon riders around the world, in our custom Canyon Bike Guard box. Bikes are pre-tuned and require almost no assembly, ready-to-ride in under 15 minutes. Bikes that are shown as 'in stock' on our website will ship within two weeks, typically sooner. The exact timing depends on our volume of orders on any given day, but once an order is placed for an in stock model, final touch is executed and the bike is shipped immediately.
Which bikes will be available in the US and what will pricing be?
Canyon is all about "democratizing performance” - that is part of our success model and our ever-growing fan base globally. We will make sure to keep this promise to our U.S. customers as well. The majority of bikes offered will be the same as in Europe and pricing will be comparable. Exact stock and pricing is not 100% finalized as we are negotiating with some of our component suppliers in regards to their model year 2018 offerings.
Press Release
Germany’s Canyon Bicycles GmbH has today announced continued progress in their launch of direct-to-consumer sales in the United States. Beginning in Q3 of 2017, U.S. riders will be able to purchase Canyon’s German designed and engineered road bikes, mountain bikes, and triathlon bikes for direct delivery to their home or office in the United States.
“Canyon has been selling the world’s best engineered and most innovative bicycles direct to consumers for years, and we quickly demonstrated in Germany, throughout Europe and beyond, that our riders can expect the highest level of service and quality when buying online,” stated Canyon Founder & CEO, Roman Arnold. Arnold began in the industry over 30 years ago and has progressed from importing parts, to running a retail business, to establishing the Canyon brand in 2002 and selling online in 2003. “2008 was the first year international sales surpassed German sales and our brand has continued to grow strongly across the globe ever since. For us, entering the U.S. marks the next big step for Canyon.”
“For many years, we have heard from riders wanting Canyon to come to the U.S. so they can have access to the same award-winning bikes ridden by top professionals across a range of disciplines,” said Frank Aldorf, Canyon Chief Brand Officer. “We are pleased to announce that we will be able to share the Canyon experience in the United States, with direct sales of our bikes beginning in Q3 of this year.” Canyon has secured a warehouse facility in Southern California, and is in the process of choosing a location for management operations and dedicated U.S. customer service. Key staff have been hired, with other positions in the process of being filled. Continuing updates and event announcements can be found at the dedicated U.S. website online at www.canyon.com.
Canyon has always been at the forefront of engineering, design, and setting the highest quality standards in the industry. The Canyon R&D Department is currently made up of some 50 engineers, designers, product managers and quality controllers. Strength in these areas truly sets Canyon apart as a brand, with innovation and expertise as the top priorities in all processes, from research, to design, to production, to delivery. Canyon also rely on the world’s top professionals in every discipline as integral parts of the R&D process. Teams and athletes include CANYON//SRAM Racing, Movistar Team with Giro and Vuelta winner Nairo Quintana, Team Katusha–Alpecin with ITT World Champion Tony Martin, Ironman Triathlon World Champion Jan Frodeno, Leadville 100 Course Record holder Alban Lakata, and the recently announced Canyon Factory Downhill Team, lead up by Troy Brosnan.
“It is incredibly rewarding to work with such driven competitors like Troy who is new to the Canyon family. The first time he raced on the Sender CF in Australia, he won,” said Aldorf. “But what’s even more important is to remember why we work with riders like him in the first place: we remain continually focused on our goal of democratizing performance – that means making bikes available to consumers who previously could not attain such a high level of innovation, engineering, and quality.”
Frequently Asked Questions
When will bikes be for sale in the US?
Bikes will be available Q3 this year. This is to ensure only model year 2018 inventory, reducing overlap of model years and streamlining efficiencies.
What kind of staffing will there be in the U.S.? What is progress on hiring these people?
We will have full-time staff in the U.S. for our warehouse and office operations. We will have dedicated US customer service staff as this is of top importance to Canyon. Customer service is one of our core functions when entering a new market. We are in the process of filling those positions and will be posting some additional job opportunities shortly.
Where will bikes be assembled?
All Canyon bikes are designed and engineered in Germany. We think "customer first" and in the interest of delivering the best buying experience to consumers who have been waiting the longest of Canyon bikes, we have now decided to go a hybrid way in our supply chain strategy. Some bikes purchased by U.S. customers will be assembled at our state-of-the-art Canyon factory in Koblenz, but in the interest of efficiency and to ensure that U.S. riders have the same high level of prompt service as in Europe, we will also be assembling some bikes in Asia, with final touch preparations being handled in the U.S.. Every single bike delivered to a U.S. customer will be pre-assembled and prepared with the same meticulous process and obsessive attention to detail as in our Koblenz facility.
Will there be a service center in the U.S.?
Our Southern California office will function as our U.S. service center, with dedicated staff.
How will Bikes be delivered in the U.S.?
U.S. customers will receive their Canyons exactly in the same manner as Canyon riders around the world, in our custom Canyon Bike Guard box. Bikes are pre-tuned and require almost no assembly, ready-to-ride in under 15 minutes. Bikes that are shown as 'in stock' on our website will ship within two weeks, typically sooner. The exact timing depends on our volume of orders on any given day, but once an order is placed for an in stock model, final touch is executed and the bike is shipped immediately.
Which bikes will be available in the US and what will pricing be?
Canyon is all about "democratizing performance” - that is part of our success model and our ever-growing fan base globally. We will make sure to keep this promise to our U.S. customers as well. The majority of bikes offered will be the same as in Europe and pricing will be comparable. Exact stock and pricing is not 100% finalized as we are negotiating with some of our component suppliers in regards to their model year 2018 offerings.
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Until The Don catches wind of it, and slaps 20% on the prices.
Good luck, USA
Having just purchased a Strive, the delivery process was simple - Germany to NZ in ten days. Schweeeet! No hassles from Canyon's end at all.
I mean he did get voted in didn't he? Clearly the majority of the American people wanted it right!?! I know that this is gonna get down voted. I'd just like an honest answer not just oh we hate him because everyone else does. I mean I get why feminists hate him shit they hate me because I'm a middle aged white guy who likes P*ssy lol. You praise a Obama when he just did the same shit as bush for eight years but yet bush sucked lol now trump hasn't even been in for a month and every one hates him. Personally I think Americans and their political views are f*cked!!!!
Actually he lost the popular vote by around 3 million votes. He won the electoral college vote. Which equated to him winning 4-5 counties in a few high point states by a few hundred thousand. So that is some of the butt hurt. And now he is calling voter fraud on the fact he lost the popular vote.
he's just a disgusting creature. basically, if u watch fox news u love him, if u don't watch fox news u probably hate him.
www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/21/1584626/-400-Reasons-Not-to-Vote-for-Trump
Is Trump actually going to fix anything? No idea. But he has tackled more difficult, vital issues in two weeks than Obama did in 8 years, so who knows maybe he'll do some good.
If it didn't masses of people in cities would just outvote property owners in rural areas to just take their assets, mine their fiels, forests and food away from them. Get your head out of your ass. One island in New York state or a bunch of delapidated and overpopulated crapholes in California would don't get to decide how the rest of the country lives, breathes or eats.
Urban America has no concept of any world outside their self-absorbed concrete and steel bubble.
And now, back to bikes. Anybody know where the job postings can be found for the socal HQ? I definitely wouldnt mind trying to land a dream job in the bike industry.
?? Yes I understand that. I was simply answering his question of why all butt hurt. You say you voted for him but also say he would have just had to lie to the latinos to get their vote? Lol wut?
So are you saying you were lied to and believed it enough to vote?
Enough of this shit. Bikes!!
Bikes for president.
Whoooow dude. Where did that come from?
I see we have different opinions on what landslide means. Yes that is true. In many states it was fairly close in actual votes. However those complied to the large electoral win. Why are you so angry over someone having questions about or election process? Oh ya blame the millennialis? Ha. Also, don't call someone and entitled millennial when you are unaware who you are speaking at.
That said, conservatives are very concerned about losing even more liberty under trump thru tariffs and the ability to do business when and where as long as not with an enemy of state.
Interesting how china has gotten a pass even after stealing usa property.
Usa is a representative republic. So you suggest doing away with senators and having a pairlamant then right?
What has to happen to someone as a kid to turn him into something that would vote for Trump?
It's not the same thing AT ALL.
the electoral college as it is currently set up is a byproduct of what you state: allow the middle states to have an equivalent voice in the vote for the presidency. As it is, the electoral college is only scaled down to the state level (the decision to scale down to the state level is antiquated and only done so based on the accuracy of vote counting that was available - I believe it was in the 70s, the date is iffy in my head).
The current technology allows vote count accuracy down to the district level. This eliminates the whole campaigning by the state level issue. If this was done, entire states wouldnt go to just one candidate...not quite a popular vote but one that I consider to be a very feasible solution to the problem.
let's not forget that we trump is only a puppet, his freak tea party cabinet are the ones to really worry about o'bannon and pence the brains behind the operation. trump is a decoy and is simply there to detract attention from the real issues./actions that this administration is going to enact. unfortunately, the media doesnt seem to care about it anything 'trump' is clickbait
- stay woke people, shit has hit the fan -
You're saying that these voters' opinions don't count as much as those of other voters, you idiot!
Then:
"Third Hillary would of be worse despite what the liberal media reports".
Hysterical! And you don't even know why, do you?
That's EXACTLY what happens, f*ckwit!
Also, name one "sane democracy". Good luck. Give power to a population, a large percentage of whom could be considered less than sane, and you'll end up with insanity. Precisely why we don't have a democracy in the US.
@ledude: OK this I can go along with. Yes, the idea of "winner takes all" states needs to be updated, I do agree with that. However, this idea has been explored and deemed less than desirable due to it's effect on the major media outlets (remember they are HUGE political contributors in more ways than just financial)...we would no longer know the outcome of the presidential election within 24 hours of the polls closing. It would take at least 3 weeks...which would also necessitate the pushing back of the inaguration, or the pulling forward of the election itself. Still I think it's something we need to look at implementing.
Oh, and shit hit the fan almost 30 years ago. Why is everyone only freaking out now?
forget the media and anything/anyone else that is influencing the democratic process...that should never happen in the first place - unfortunate that is it.
30 years ago, the US govt decided that corporations and the profits garnered from them would take priority over the greater population of the Union. theyre freaking out about it now b/c that decision and its implications are no longer bubbling below the surface - took the general population way to long to care about it let alone do anything about.
step 1: abolish corporate 'personhood'
The point is that our popular vote would not work this way. Without the EC, candidates would only campaign in CA, NY, TX and FL and could receive NO VOTES IN ANY OTHER STATE, and still win the election. That's why the EC is not going away. The US is a republic, and to operate successfully as such, it needs weighted districts.
Also, no matter how you look at it the vote of each citizen is worth the same amount. In order for an electoral college vote to be cast in your favor you have to get out and vote and beat out the competition. Some states do have more influence than others (ie. CA-55 and TX-3
For state elections, the voting process is purely democratic (majority wins). For the presidential vote it has to be evened out by the electoral college otherwise Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Chicago, and New York City would make the decision for the whole country. On a federal level, America is not a definition democracy. It is a Democratic Republic.
people should have been calling their senate and house reps en masse screaming bloody hell anytime the house/senate had passed legislation that they disagreed with. general population is doing it NOW, thats why you see the dem's starting to hold firm a little bit now (granted, they're still late to the party).
its hard to make a difference when there aren't too many voices sharing their opposition to their elected officials legislations, but when executed en masses through organized platforms, it works.
pesonally, i've thrown away my democratic affiliation. They're all the same Democrats/Republicans, their pockets are lined with corporate blood money...
this whole 2 party system is f*cken stupid...built for stupid population that is being groomed to be stupid that cant see beyond black/white. The govt doesnt want an informed population, they want a population that is ill-informed and doesnt see through the click bait of corporate media. solution: the population needs to wake up, call their reps and blow their shit up...they will listen...or get voted out. the people need to take back their government from the corporate raiders.
sorry for the long posts...
Yes, maybe a lot of the issues that are affecting everyone affect myself directly, but I have kids. One day, my kids will have to raise children in this country. The way our government was currently handling things was unsustainable.
Clinton: 65,844,610 (28%)
Trump: 62,979,636 (27%)
Others: 7,804,213 (3%)
Didn't vote: 92,671,979 (40%)
So please explain where this majority who voted against Trump is, cause it's not in the official results of the election.
Amen.
If so, how much?
the electoral college essentially gives more votes to rural states. it's fundamentally undemocratic, and the senate (2 senators regardless of state population) already gives rural states an inflated influence. and i'm fine with inflated influence through the senate, i'm not fine with it in our executive branch, and by extension, our legislative branch
Most of our food does NOT come from California. That's terribly misleading. California is the largest food producing state by value, true. But it only accounts for about 11% of our domestic food production. CA could completely go away and the worst that would happen (food-related) is that prices would go up significantly.
And cars...what?! The automobile was not created in the city, it is not exclusively produced in cities, it's not even produced in majority in cities. Most automobile manufacturers are headquartered in cities due to the convenience and abundant workforce. Again cities could go away completely and it would do nothing more than make the automobile more expensive.
The EC still gives most votes to urban populations...the most populus states (population density is directly correlated to amount of urban territory in a given district) have the most EC votes. Look no further than your own darling state for proof of that...how many EC votes does CA have?
Wow, how could I have not thought of this!?
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
the only poll that consistently predicted the election outcome correctly was the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll - their main difference in technique was including more complexity and nuance into the polling (summary of course).
my apologies, i meant that CA produces more food than any other state, more than the rest combined. but if you think food prices going up would be a *minor* concern, we don't have any more to talk about.
i said designed, not built. the FIRST automobile might not have been created in the city, but do you really think ANY cars these days are designed in Waco, TX? no, they're all designed in major cities, where all the brain power is. where all the tax revenue propping up the red states comes from.
for every dollar that CA pays in taxes, it only gets back about 80 cents in aid. where do those extra 20 cents go? to all the moocher red states that barely contribute to our economy, but get a much greater say in where our country goes. yeah, that sounds fair
You track it online once sent too...from Koblenz, to Changi, to Auckland, to where ever you are
What you see on the Canyon screen for price is all that you pay.
The electoral college was created to support slave states in the US. It has no place in today's world. If small states are looking for equality, look no further than the fact that a state with two million people gets the same number of US Senators as California and New York.
Also, the states that elected the current president can have him. We'll keep the internet, invented here. And mountain bikes. Invented here.
28% percent to Ireland (my backup choice). this had to be paid before it was released from customs. The Nogs from Germany didnt send the right paperwork with the bike to be released from customs. When I inquired they went silent and never returned another email
We prop them up with our tax money and they get to pretend like their conservative policies are working on their own. Not that it's ever going to happen, but if federal taxes were abolished for everything but military (a conservatives' dream, btw), the red states would rot in record time, and the blue states would be doing better than ever.
What's funny is you talk to a trump supporter and ask them how california is doing, and they'll tell you it's bankrupt or nearly bankrupt. These are the "alternative fact" bubbles they live in. Sorry, but CA is killing it. Our
"debt" is largely municipal debt from cities, not at the state level, we're running a budget surplus, and if CA was its own country, it would have the 6th largest GDP of any nation in the world.
@ischiller I was pointing out texas is a really good economy.
You brag about the GDP, but your Govt spending is more than DOUBLE any other state (except New York and well you can see the trend here). So there you go, you get Oakland. You make a lot of money as a state, but the govt helps you spend it. Imagine a GDP like that and half the govt spending whoa. Thats conservatism.
California spending: $537.6b oh and the State Debt: $464.2B
If you can hang in CA, good for you. Takes talent and hardwork.
that's a nice talking point but you will actually have to do some research and explain how regulations are driving the high cost of home ownership and not supply and demand.
Wait I'll save you the time....differences in regulation do not make up a significant difference of the initial cost of home.
Oakland - there are definitely bad parts to Oakland but there are some incredibly expensive parts with multi million dollar homes. I'm sure there are some bad parts in Texas. Just like any other state.
Well, hit me up when you have your Canyon and your in CA.
California 17.18% Texax 13.97% www.usgovernmentdebt.us/state_debt_rank
Not that different, but if I had the money and the choice I know where I would want to live.
About your whining about your tax dollars - how much are you paying the red states that give you your water supply? You live off of water from neighboring states, and have the balls to talk about them "mooching" off of you? Shitty attitude. How about your state gets it's own financials in order, then we'll talk about federal tax dollars.
Heres some steezy steeds: www.pinkbike.com/photo/14368473
Both services do not work well with-in a free market system.
The US is the only developed nation in the world with out some form of government provided healthcare.
Government has become some sort of bad word (understandably I guess when you look at how perverse it's become)....but its supposed to be
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people"
/abrahamlincoln
When comparing state spending vs. GDP they are in the middle....that's what is important.
www.usgovernmentspending.com/compare_state_spending_2017pF0C
Keep listening to the alternative facts though.
I need an ID to buy cigs, get money from my bank, get a sixxer, get into a frikkin bar?!?! . But I dont need an ID to do the most valuable freedom an American has? why not?
Wait times are not good for non critical issues but would be amazing if we funded just 60% of what you guys spend.
Plus no one goes with out and no one goes bankrupt.
Canadians would not give up our system... you might want to look at this gallup poll
www.gallup.com/poll/8056/healthcare-system-ratings-us-great-britain-canada.aspx
As for needing id to buy cigs but not to vote. Well voting is a constitutional right for every citizen, smoking cigs is not.
So back to this great cali:
Highest income tax in the US
Highest sales tax in the US
Highest Gasoline tax in the US
Tax on carbon emissions (you older car costs you more)
State troopers make upwards of $100,000 year
Electricity is about 25% higher than the rest of the US
should I keep going?
It must eat you up inside.
You can pick the best parts of Cali and ue those as comparison. But its a big state, and it aint all Santa Cruz. Trust me ive been there. Have You?
Ok. But, you realize you just bitched about politics? Let the butt hurt flow
If you actually read my first comment I was explaining to our friend in the north why people are going batshit crazy. Not really arguing. But sure. I don't really compute how explaining that he won the ec but lost the popular is why the anger is bitching. It's true dude. Not that it matters. Trump won the ec so that means he is the president. Not too much to bitch about really.
getting our financials in order? I JUST pointed out that CA is doing insanely well. but you ignored it. i wrote:
"What's funny is you talk to a trump supporter and ask them how california is doing, and they'll tell you it's bankrupt or nearly bankrupt. These are the "alternative fact" bubbles they live in. Sorry, but CA is killing it. Our
"debt" is largely municipal debt from cities, not at the state level, we're running a budget surplus, and if CA was its own country, it would have the 6th largest GDP of any nation in the world."
uh, no, i already addressed that. the majority of it is municipal debt, on the city level. it's not CA's debt. keep ignoring the facts to make yourself believe CA isn't successful. 6th largest GDP of any country can't be ignored.
but fine, believe whatever supports your narrative. we'll just keep succeeding while you live in a fantasy world
Yes, California's 2015 nominal GDP of $2.46 trillion ranked as the 6th largest economy in the world, notching in about $37 million more than France's 2015 level. But this doesn't really say much about actually living in California. It is common knowledge that California is among the most expensive states to live in - if not the most expensive. Housing costs more; electricity and gas cost more; and even most goods and services cost more than the national average. In many respects California's cost of living is much more like a Western European nation than it is like the rest of the U.S. The widely reported global rankings ignore this reality. WIthout your port (which is the the hub of Traffic from Asia) that number would drop considerably
wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700
It's hopeless though isnt it. Oh well go turn some Blaze on.
Doing insanely well? Do the words "fact" or "reality" have ANY meaning to you whatsoever? Your state (note I said STATE, not city, or county) is currently in an official hole of $26.2B, which makes CA officially 11th on the list of the worst states, financially, in the union. The reality is that, after all the budget manipulating and book cooking your officials do to cover their asses is removed, your state is actually $443B in the hole. That makes California the worst state in the union, financially, by a VERY VERY LONG margin.
The only "alternative facts" appearing here are the ones you are stating re: your state's GDP. CA's GDP is artifically inflated by the fact that FIVE of the US's major shipping ports are located within its borders. Three of those are in the top 10 total tonnage for the nation. THAT'S why a state with such a huge GDP can also be so hopelessly in dept. It's all for show. Furthermore, guess what would happen to those ports if CA seceeded?
Even with those ports included, CA's GDP is actually 11th in the world because GDP, when measured properly, includes cost of living. The "6th" claim does not.
If everyone took the “I don't want to pay for... because I don't want it” the idea of society breaks down quickly. I have no interest in funding a war, so I don't want to pay. Or I don't visit this state, I don't want my taxes to go to their roads. Where's the limit on how far that goes.
As for the other expenses in CA, I don't care. I'd still rather be here than anywhere just because it cots less to live. Besides, if a state trooper makes 100k a year good for the state trooper, doesn't bother me. Out of curiousity why does it bother you?
www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2015/sep/01/dan-gecker/dan-gecker-says-us-only-wealth-nation-without-univ
The US is the only developed nation in the world with out some form of government provided healthcare.
Idiot. And to that I never said Cali was bankrupt. It was a follow up to ischillers comments that it was. I said the regulations and govt spending make the state the most expensive to live in. And still right after all your bs comments.
You are another misinformed Canadian getting your info from msm. Stfu and get back in your igloo
So, open up interstate commerce to healthcare, allow us to buy high deductible-low payment type plans.
meanwhile, your conservative paradise of indiana, where the republicans had full control to pass all their ridiculous laws, is basically a giant trash heap. the only thing keeping it from complete disaster is federal tax dollars from california. you're welcome!
The people protesting in the streets now are no more than the flip side of the ones who would be protesting just as vigorously if Clinton had won.
To all others, I apologize for this and every other political rant on a page where you likely go to get away from rants, diatribes and vitriol. In the end, actually riding my bike in the forest is the only true (and temporary) escape.
It'd be nice to actually *not* have political ideology infiltrating every facet of life. Can't we just talk bikes and biking?
Really these unorignal insults that get posted over and over and over....
How about you now?
Ask your boyfriend.
I guess it's true, you are what you eat! That would make you a big fat dick....lol.
Most of them - OR THEIR COMPONENTS/RAW MATERIALS - imported...
Yeah, but yours will f*ck up everyone else too...
Any purchase made online under $100 by law should not be charged any kind of tax but that does not work here. The government taxes even purchases of $10 or less.
Their frames and components are all built outside of the US
By the way sorry..
They even rang me up to say thanks for purchasing and welcome to the Canyon club. Ruined my Strava KOM riding up a hill to take the call, but a welcome call and totally unexpected none the less.
Payment etc was all made through the Canyon website.
Usually in my living room/bike shop...and usually to my wife's disapproval.
In all seriousness I doubt the big boys are worried. Go in your local shop. Most are filed with $1,000 or less bikes. That is the volume of their sales. Which Canyon and YT are not in. And a lot of local high end sales are old rich guys.
Which in a year or so will be closer to $2k a pop after The Don's protectionist shite kicks in...
from their site-
In 2003 a partnership with the University of Pforzheim was forged to give Canyon access to testing premises; a partnership that has now grown to help the company lead the way in internship placements.
so not quite always then Ja? nitpicky perhaps, but its probably more accurate to say 'for over a decade they have been pushing design and engineering'
just saying, i have cycling gear older than their company.
Holy cow, when you are out on the trails all this political BS just seems to disappear, so lets focus on getting ready for the 2017 cycling season, focus on making America & the rest of the world better than it is, back off the hypocritical riots/protests (the election is over), build some new trails, fix some old ones, and shred the hell out of 2017!
In BC sells more $ of one major brand than Ontario does despite having half the population.
Why do middle men even exist anymore? The answer to the question "where do consumers go to buy their product" is now "their living room."
The rates they charge for bikes, bike parts, and labor are very high compared to the internet and my own labor.
Besides, does anyone actually like salesman? Much prefer talking to the mechanics.
LBS will end up making their money via services more than selling parts or bikes.
There was a whole thread about the future of LBS last November: www.pinkbike.com/news/are-you-concerned-about-the-demise-of-bike-shops-pinkbike-poll.html
It's a good read with few great user comments/debates.
doesn't seem to be in Europe lol
www.bicycleretailer.com/north-america/2017/01/30/canyon-postpones-sales-us-third-quarter#.WJkwjfkrKHs