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I’m surprised they don’t already have a North America facility for final assembly. The idea of shipping finishes treadmills and exercise bikes just seems imprac

• JoblessWonder 5y ago
  FWIW, they don't ship finished bikes or treadmills to customers. There is a final "assembly" that takes place in the owner's home. Just putting the pieces together, nothing too intense and lasts maybe 30 minutes. I got mine before COVID, but I know that it was a big to-do during COVID because everyone wanted a bike but people didn't want strangers coming in to their houses to install them. (Understandable at the time.)
• jdeibele 5y ago
  My wife ordered an electric bike about a year ago from Strom/Stroem and it finally showed up a couple of weeks ago. I did the "final assembly", which was attaching the handlebars and front wheel. The hardest part was putting a plastic cover over the 5 cables on the downtime. That took two people, one to hold the cables while the other snapped the cover in place. The bike was designed in Denmark but the box came from Thailand. I would guess that ocean shipping for Peloton from China to Los Angeles or Long Beach and then truck or rail from there to Portland is slightly cheaper than just truck or rail from Ohio but probably not enough to matter. I'd never tried an electric bike before. I can see why people use them instead of cars. It's pretty awesome.
  • kawsper 5y ago
    I am not sure if you know this but Strøm means current in danish, and it most often refers to electric current.
• asdff 5y ago
  Most bikes you buy online are like this. The bike shop puts it together for you.