KAUKAUNA (NBC 26) — Not long ago, grabbing your bike meant savings and stress-free fun. Today, increasing tariffs are putting pressure on both wallets and small businesses—turning a budget-friendly pastime into a pricier proposition.

Neighborhood bike shops like Kaukauna’s Recyclist Bicycle Company are facing fresh rounds of tariffs this year, adding a new layer of unpredictability to an already challenging market.

“It’s All Guesswork”: Recyclist Co-Owner Lora Glasel on Tariffs

For co-owner Lora Glasel, uncertainty is now the biggest hurdle.

“It’s maybe not necessarily the increased prices that are affecting us. It certainly is, but it’s a little bit more the uncertainty of what’s going to happen,” Glasel explains. “It makes it really hard for us to plan—to make sure we have what cus

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