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armchairlawyer wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:09 pm
whatwat wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:06 am
Having a bicycle is the new “look at me. I’m doing well” replacing the Dream and Lexus.
Cambodians are buying shit loads of Cannondales and Giants (all made in China) and Lycra.
True. You can see them showing them off, zigzagging through the pedestrians on the Riverside promenade in the late afternoon.
Yesterday it was a bit wet but great for exercising due to the cool temperatures. They had brought their fashion bikes with the fat wheels as usual but were riding very slowly or pushing them. I wondered why do that when it'a a perfect day for exercise. Then I got it, those bikes don't have mudguards and their arses were getting wet.
Ha! I often wondered why they do that.

A local I know just spent $6k on a bicycle. It won’t make him any quicker or fitter. It’s just “look at me!”.
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Cambodia’s bicycle exports exceed 1.5 million units
5 November 2020

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The latest figures of the country’s Ministry of Commerce indicate an increasing number of exported regular bicycles. From January to September this year, Cambodia shipped a total of 1.5 million units. The Ministry of Commerce’s report did not reveal the exact export volume to the EU.

In the first half of this year, Cambodia exported 1.1 million regular bicycles of which more than half were shipped to the EU. In the third quarter this total export volume increased to 1.5 million units generating a total value of € 339 million. This was reported by the Khmer Times today.

Export volume to EU


From January to September the export volumes amounted to 360,000 units to Germany, 150,000 to Belgium and 90,000 to the Netherlands. While Cambodia still holds the leading position as suppliers of regular bicycles in the EU, the import volumes are declining. The latest Eurostat data of earlier this year showed a 7% decrease in regular bicycles imported from this South East Asian country from January and May. Whether this was the result of Covid-19 or other market conditions was unclear.
Position in the supply chain

Cambodia became the largest regular bicycle supplier for the EU in 2017, overtaking Taiwan, which had held the number one spot for two decades. This position became doubtful after the EU formally informed Cambodia on February 11, 2019 that it had begun a process that could result in the country losing its preferential trading terms because of its poor record on human rights and rule of law. As this trade journal reported, the outcome could have major implications for the country’s main assemblers of regular bicycles Strongman, A&J and Asama.
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armchairlawyer wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:09 pm Yesterday it was a bit wet but great for exercising due to the cool temperatures. They had brought their fashion bikes with the fat wheels as usual but were riding very slowly or pushing them. I wondered why do that when it'a a perfect day for exercise. Then I got it, those bikes don't have mudguards and their arses were getting wet.
it's because the tiles they used on the riverside (and many other places) are slippery as fuck when wet
i guess they buy them, and lay them, in the dry season
cambodian planning

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I think it's fantastic how popular cycling has become in Cambodia in the past decade or so. The companies that produce them here are mainly Taiwanese or US, components are likely Japanese. It's a good earner for someone, especially lycra manufacturers. 8-)
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Unfortunately this is basically a NAFTA kind of thing, the majority of components are made abroad, shipped here, “assembled” i.e. put the seat post on, then exported and qualified for eba etc. it would be great to see more domestic manufacturing.
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The vast majority of bicycles are manufactured in Taiwan (Giant make most for other manufacturers) or China. High end ($10k+) bikes (carbon) are made in US and EU.
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Phnom Poon wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:22 pm
armchairlawyer wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:09 pm Yesterday it was a bit wet but great for exercising due to the cool temperatures. They had brought their fashion bikes with the fat wheels as usual but were riding very slowly or pushing them. I wondered why do that when it'a a perfect day for exercise. Then I got it, those bikes don't have mudguards and their arses were getting wet.
it's because the tiles they used on the riverside (and many other places) are slippery as fuck when wet
i guess they buy them, and lay them, in the dry season
cambodian planning
Ha, those bikes with the fat tyres have more friction than an ice road truck.
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they still don't work on those f*ckers, too smooth and slippery

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Kingdom’s bicycle exports top $500M
Hin Pisei | Publication date 14 January 2021 | 21:35 ICT
Cambodia exported bicycles worth approximately $527 million to international markets last year, up 27 per cent from 2019.

This establishes Cambodia as the No1 country in ASEAN and No5 globally for bicycle exports, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce.

Cambodia’s target markets for bicycles include the US, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Canada, the UK, Denmark, Australia, Austria, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy, Colombia, Korea and Spain.

Bicycles imported to Cambodia in 2020 totaled to $8.38 million, with demand down 19.33 per cent overall. Cambodia’s bicycle imports came chiefly from Japan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and the US.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:58 pm Bicycles imported to Cambodia in 2020 totaled to $8.38 million, with demand down 19.33 per cent overall. Cambodia’s bicycle imports came chiefly from Japan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and the US.
I wonder how many bikes get exported from here and then re-imported? It happens with clothes. So you end up paying a bit more than the western RRP even though it was manufactured here, because it's gone half way around the world and back. 8)
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