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02-13-21, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 2Wheelforfun

I am waiting for a Domane SLR -7. Looks like some of us are looking at an even longer wait for our new Trek to be delivered.

On December 5th, 2021 a container ship encountered a severe storm in the Pacific, about 1800 miles southwest of Hawaii. It was sailing from China to Long Beach, Ca (which itself has ships anchored offshore due to COVID-19 outbreak amongst the dock workers). More than 1800 containers fell off the ship and are lost at the bottom of the ocean.

Anyone know what Trek has manufactured in Asia? Which frames are manufactured in Wisconsin, and what do they have made in Asia?

Your subject wording makes it sound like the lost containers are filled with Trek bikes. But your post makes it sound like it could be literally anything made in China thats at the bottom of the ocean..
Maybe its millions of cheap sunglasses.
Maybe its millions of stuffed animals.

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