Effect of the Container ship incident on Trek backlog
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Effect of the Container ship incident on Trek backlog
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, 2020 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?
On December 5th, 2020 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?
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Were there Trek bikes in the lost containers?
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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?
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?
Maybe its millions of cheap sunglasses.
Maybe its millions of stuffed animals.
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They might still make a couple of the rims/wheelsets here, but that would be it. Other than that, painting the Project One frames is about the extent of their manufacturing in the states, I think.
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basically everything Trek mades comes from Asia. They were making some of their high-end carbon in Wisconsin as 2016 but it looks like they ended that, too. Are they still doing any of their Project One stuff domestically?
your bike is probably at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
your bike is probably at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
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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?
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?
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mstateglfr - The subject wording of the post was more my reaction from a Trek retail bike shop - one that I had never spoken or dealt with. My post wording - my research took me to several sites that report on maritime shipping. In one of the articles, the U.S. Coast Guard mentions they are monitoring the situation. Whatever that is supposed to mean? More from this article, the shipping company reported that 1816 containers were lost, and 64 of them were believed to contain dangerous goods.
Who really knows the facts, but the only report I had was from a Trek dealer that some of that cargo was for Trek, and that all Trek bikes are made in Cambodia, but she did not seem very sure about the specific country.
Mack turtle - I had read that 2017 was last year that they did any manufacturing in Wisconsin.
However, I go to trekbikes.com, scroll to bottom of page, click Technology, then scroll to Made in the USA -
>>. Custom mold-making for Trek is done by a team of engineers run by Jay Thrane. The mold-making facility is run out of the original Trek red barn in Waterloo, the place where Dick Burke and Bevil Hogg started their company, and where thousands of steel bicycles were made in the 70s. Now in this old barn, molds are made that help make thousands of carbon frames.<<
>>Once the molds are shipped the mile or so west to the carbon lab, the magic black stuff can be cut and picked.<<
>>I often get asked: why does Trek continue to build frames here when the entire industry has moved offshore, including, to be honest, a good percentage of Trek frames? Why do we still have this factory? And my answer is always the same. You can’t build different products, better products, when you don’t completely understand the science. And the only way to understand the way frames and carbon structures really work is to build them yourself. Having our engineers cutting molds, laying in carbon, seeing their structures come to life is crucial to pushing designs forward. It is really expensive to build things here in this factory, but the products are better because of it.<<
Any more pertinent knowledge out there?
Who really knows the facts, but the only report I had was from a Trek dealer that some of that cargo was for Trek, and that all Trek bikes are made in Cambodia, but she did not seem very sure about the specific country.
Mack turtle - I had read that 2017 was last year that they did any manufacturing in Wisconsin.
However, I go to trekbikes.com, scroll to bottom of page, click Technology, then scroll to Made in the USA -
>>. Custom mold-making for Trek is done by a team of engineers run by Jay Thrane. The mold-making facility is run out of the original Trek red barn in Waterloo, the place where Dick Burke and Bevil Hogg started their company, and where thousands of steel bicycles were made in the 70s. Now in this old barn, molds are made that help make thousands of carbon frames.<<
>>Once the molds are shipped the mile or so west to the carbon lab, the magic black stuff can be cut and picked.<<
>>I often get asked: why does Trek continue to build frames here when the entire industry has moved offshore, including, to be honest, a good percentage of Trek frames? Why do we still have this factory? And my answer is always the same. You can’t build different products, better products, when you don’t completely understand the science. And the only way to understand the way frames and carbon structures really work is to build them yourself. Having our engineers cutting molds, laying in carbon, seeing their structures come to life is crucial to pushing designs forward. It is really expensive to build things here in this factory, but the products are better because of it.<<
Any more pertinent knowledge out there?
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The good news is that a container with contents as light as bicycles might not sink. Quite likely it is floating with a corner just visible or maybe not, just waiting to be hit and sunk by a ship or hit by a fishing boat or yacht and causing it to sink.
The bad news is that the bikes will not be recovered. If found by a coast guard, it will be shot and its sinking verified.
The bad news is that the bikes will not be recovered. If found by a coast guard, it will be shot and its sinking verified.
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On 02/11/2021 there was a 130 vehicle pileup on I35, Ft Worth TX. Maybe OP's bike was lost in all that?
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Two questions:
Is the magic black stuff "dangerous goods"?
Are Trek frames made in Cambodia?
Is the magic black stuff "dangerous goods"?
Are Trek frames made in Cambodia?
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Well, I did see a Nissan Rogue on the road near the Trek Dealer, had a vanity plate QANON, also a large American flag attached to a clip on right side of car. I should have asked the driver if they’ve seen any Trek shipments lost at sea or in a pileup in Texas. Maybe I will next time instead of asking on bikeforums.net.
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The good news is that a container with contents as light as bicycles might not sink. Quite likely it is floating with a corner just visible or maybe not, just waiting to be hit and sunk by a ship or hit by a fishing boat or yacht and causing it to sink.
The bad news is that the bikes will not be recovered. If found by a coast guard, it will be shot and its sinking verified.
The bad news is that the bikes will not be recovered. If found by a coast guard, it will be shot and its sinking verified.
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Well, I did see a Nissan Rogue on the road near the Trek Dealer, had a vanity plate QANON, also a large American flag attached to a clip on right side of car. I should have asked the driver if they’ve seen any Trek shipments lost at sea or in a pileup in Texas. Maybe I will next time instead of asking on bikeforums.net.
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