With most U.S. stores having no bikes, I did a search for why china is not making bikes. I found this.
Shipping to u.s. can not be much. Load them on a barge and sell for $10 each.
Andy
At first I thought you were talking about bicycles that consumers typically buy. Your article is about bike sharing. That's a whole different kettle of fish.
It is still a waste. The bikes could be easily modified.
Andy
Yes it is, but it's still an amazing story with an amazing photograph at the top (and less so farther down).
The typical Chinese is 100 lbs.
The typical American is over 350.
The bikes would snap.
Found out they were E-bikes.
They weigh about 70 lbs compared to 35 lbs of a mountain bike.
Typical American wt. is 177 lbs.
E-bikes can handle that weight.
Andy
I don't know what the quality is but considering most E-bikes start at $1000 and go up rapidly, I don't see how you could lose filling a few containers with them for sale in the US rather than scrapping them.
70% of Americans are overweight or obese so don't sell the bikes with a warranty.
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