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All of this.
You don't have to boycott someone's products because you don't agree with their opinions. Putting £80 (or £800 or £8000) in Hambini's pocket isn't going to change the world.
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You don't have to boycott someone's products because you don't agree with their opinions. Putting £80 (or £800 or £8000) in Hambini's pocket isn't going to change the world.
You don’t have to, I will. Especially when there are alternatives to his products which are neither more expensive nor inferior in quality.
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There are few situations where giving them £80 for something Shimano can sell to you for £17 is the best thing to do though.
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Howard
This - bang on. He might be an ass, but that doesn't mean his products are. I have some friends in the business of selling high end road bikes who've come across his BBs. They're not exactly Hambini fans but have rated his BBs as being among the best they've seen/tested.
Price and product-wise, they're more comparible with something precision engineered like a Hope BB, not some basic but good BB with a plastic sleeve that costs pennies in comparison. So £80 does look like 'decent' value, if the hype is real.
Morality is highly subjective and individual - no point on going on a high horse over it, but I totally respect the choice and reasoning for those who boycott his products and channel. To me, the negative impact of what's probably a one-off purchase from a YouTube keyboard warrior is far less problematic in scale, than buying carbon fibre parts from the East where there are accusations of forced child or Uyghur labour, and even lower on the list than me buying from brands supporting the blatant sportswashing of a certain nation being charged with committing genocidal acts live right now, or buying from Mike Ashley owned brands etc.
Would I buy one? Probably not, but I'm not about to join a Hambini boycott bandwagon over it. To each their own I guess.