I've dealt with US companies as European for a couple of things, and I think that I've been avoiding companies from there for the past couple of years due to sp

I've dealt with US companies as European for a couple of things, and I think that I've been avoiding companies from there for the past couple of years due to speculation about this chip shortage, I've 2 bikes from US one super 73 and one bird bike, for the bird bike in particular, in order to have the engine replaced I've had to wait for 2 months, due to chip shortage, while the shop I've bought it from has had the whole time new bird bikes delivered to sell, so yeah, I think a good part of the global chip shortage when it comes to post-sales components is speculation, I've got a vanmoof since then and it takes a week get damaged pieces (not needed replacement parts so far, but I've friends with vanmoof who had) But yeah as a rule of thumb stay away from super73 and birds bikes