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The numbers being thrown out on tariffs are a shot across the bow meant to bring the players to the table to negotiate. Tariffs on bike parts including frames, forks, and wheels are likely not on the radar compared to EVs, solar components, and electronics. If China introduced a $20k EV to compete against American made EVs, a tariff makes it less competitive. China has a history of introducing cheap (in price) products to capture a market, drive out competition, and then control the market. Without tariffs, they could do this.
For bike parts, China already sells cheap cycling components, and some of them like BTLOS are very good with great customer service. You can buy entire groups that look and work like srimagnolo. With the shrinking number of brick and mortar bike shops, we're ordering more stuff on line and when it comes down to it, there are some good deals on Amazon. Most of my online purchases are from BTD and Universal, but I also have a set of BTLOS wheels that are very nice.
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