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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
It was a Trek 1400 road bike which is a fairly low end model. The original wheels only lasted about six months, it's the sandy soil that really kills them when it rains.
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A Trek 1400 is not a low end model in my book LOL.
Do they not sell super cheap Asian brand bikes in Australia? Well I suppose it's low end wheels that you need not a low end bike, although if the bike is low end enough you can just buy a new bike instead of buying new wheels. Strange how the economics works out sometimes.
Also China would not shut down Japan, despite all the anti-Japan sentiment they actually like their Japanese stuff. I saw a military official rolling in a Lexus GX570 once. Kind of funny if you think about it. They also don't have enough nuclear subs to shut down Taiwan (because you have to block the other side of the strait which is pretty far from the mainland!), and they also like their computers (whose boards are still made in Taiwan, mostly).
Do you really think there are enough US ships sitting in Asia to counter actual malicious intent from China? There are plenty of anti-ship cruise missiles and submarines to get rid of anyone they want to get rid of. It would be spending money to lose more money due to falling trade. Just because China is this evil bully in your mind doesn't mean they do stupid things like that.