https://www.nickdrom.com/home daily 1.0 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544143117739-AYFG8CKMGXHCSRI45UR7/NDLogo2018-500white.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1694155534705-6OIZ4U7B6QO9Z0M9Y9FB/PressLogoCatoInstitute.jpg Home - Nick Drom, who happens to study industrial accident reports in his free time, contradicted the blasé attitude of local officials about the burn. Consider recent news coverage of a train derailment in eastern Ohio. While local newspaper and broadcast journalists initially regurgitated corporate press releases and government statements on the so‐ called controlled burn of spilled toxic chemicals, a host of TikTok creators with local knowledge and expertise sounded the alarm. For example, an engineer‐ turned‐ entrepreneur from Pittsburgh named Nick Drom, who happens to study industrial accident reports in his free time, contradicted the blasé attitude of local officials about the burn. His video reached 7.5 million people and turned him into a go‐ to source for people who were looking for deeper commentary on the disaster.66 National press attention eventually provided more coverage of the derailment, but the event—and the gap in quantity and quality between the coverage provided by traditional news media and new news media—has been an inflection point for the news industry.67 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1694154334140-6GH2RDRS8CM7FWD5X7RE/PressLogoRollingStone.jpg Home - After the Ohio Train Derailment, TikTokers Say They Have a Place in Reporting News Creator @nickdrom became a trusted source for accurate information about the derailment. He says journalists are misguided in writing off experts on social media BY JEFF IHAZA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1694154476375-8UQV043GSGMZN89RH76R/PressLogoJoeRoganExperience.jpg Home - ast Palestine Train Derailment: Aftermath of the Ohio Chemical Spill Taken from JRE #1941 w/Bridget Phetasy Nick Drom on TikTok discussing what the press missed about the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1694154288535-O4UU87MB7PMR9ECZGM0B/PressLogoTheHill.jpg Home - Biden Admin Ohio Train Disaster Response SLAMMED By Critics: Brie & Robby Discuss Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave talk to entrepreneur Nick Drombosky and Rebecca Burns, reporter at The Lever, about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. #eastpalestine #trainderailment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088149554-6M9VJQMFV59DRLDRPWXX/PressLogoWired.jpg Home - The Ohio Train Derailment Created a Perfect TikTok Storm That changed after Nick Drombosky, an engineer and entrepreneur who has made a hobby of studying industrial accidents, gave a science lesson on TikTok. His video breaking down the chemicals found at the scene has been viewed millions of times, and people have posted countless other videos about the derailment to the platform. “If I didn’t come out and say something, I think that this could have just been swept under,” says Drombosky, who has a personal connection to someone affected by the disaster in East Palestine who alerted him to the derailment. “The nature of TikTok is so unique, that me—essentially, on paper, just a guy in my home office reading what’s going on—I was able to reach millions of people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1588119235221-0A1AEKK9T4AEH4IPISAA/PressLogoMarketplace.jpg Home - Chinese factories are returning, but global supply chain remains uncertain At the startup Wire, which sells and leases electric scooters, the next-generation model is almost ready to ship out from the factory in China. Almost. “We have like 90% of the components available to us, but there are just a couple of pieces that we can’t get,” said co-founder Nick Drombosky. “All it takes is one missing part to not have a finished product.” In the manufacturing world, you need everything to make anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088147973-9XW98O5GCNSHD66P2ZJN/PressLogoNTY.jpg Home - Cyclists Go Glam Into the Night Current projects in search of funding include a rave-worthy T-shirt with giant reflective bar codes created by a Pittsburgh designer, Nick Drombosky, for Fiks:Reflective https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088147240-XMB59R4N57EJWFZPTCQJ/PressLogoLATimes.jpg Home - For those who ask 'Why am I driving?' there's Banker Supply bike shop in Echo Park Walk into Banker Supply Co. in Echo Park and you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd just entered an exhibition space instead of a new bike store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544147208605-KGAVM74R0S1X63RRNRZK/PressLogoLABusinessJournal.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088146742-FA2CLSIS3UTG39YJ0R5E/PressLogoDesignMilk.jpg Home - CONNECT ALL SPONSOR Riding in Style: Fiks:Reflective and Banker Supply Co. \\\ Promoted by American Express We stopped into Pittsburgh-based Banker Supply Co. and Fiks Reflective to talk to owner Nick Drombosky. Born in South Korea, but pretty much a Pittsburgh native, Drombosky launched Fiks:Reflective through a Kickstarter campaign back in 2011, which focuses on reflective and safety gear for cyclists. He’d wanted to create cooler, more modern gear for himself and riders due to a lack of stylish products on the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088148739-0WUCPH6OTDYKPU2BZQ4S/PressLogoTemplate.jpg Home - US electric bicycle companies respond to Trump tariffs and say American e-bike manufacturing won’t happen To get more insight on the possibility of the US becoming an e-bike manufacturing center, I spoke to Nick Drombosky, a consultant for US-based electric mobility startups and owner of multiple e-bike companies including Banker Supply. With all of Drombosky’s experience, he has tried for years to find a way to build e-bikes in the US. But according to him, it just doesn’t work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088146700-3HTQF8QE6PVGI2Y6IVHL/PressLogoBicycle+Retailer.jpg Home - Banker Supply, an urban cycling lifestyle store, expands with new locations "We aren't the typical bike shop that offers the same products from the same distributors as everyone else," said Drombosky. "We spend hundreds of hours seeking out the best and most interesting products we can find so we can offer our customers brands and products they won't find anywhere else." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544143985661-TVE35PITWMXZ9YWBYIIS/PressLogoAsahiShimbun.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088147599-DNXNST543QXW33F4567M/PressLogoLOAB.jpg Home - CROWDFUNDING INNOVATION IN BIKE SAFETY You might find it odd for a reflective gear company to leave the safety talking points out of its marketing to consumers. But for Nick Drombosky, that’s what makes his Pittsburgh-based company, Fiks:Reflective, work. His company’s tagline says it all: “Stay safe without looking like a traffic cone.” “Safety doesn't sell to a big market–safety sells to mothers and then safety sits in the bottom of a drawer,” Drombosky said. “We make cool products that people want to use, want to brag about, and post pictures of. Look at our Instagram or Facebook: we have 15-year-old kids all over the world wanting to get their hands on our products. Find a safety products company that has that.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088147182-K3VC8RRN2SY3SDTB3P3Y/PressLogoEastsider.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1694316878754-KRCW199FA2SOAUNI1U7L/PressLogo-NextPGH.jpg Home - Cool clothes, cool gear and bike repair with delivery from Fiks: Reflective November 20, 2014 From the man who brought you colorful glowing wheel stripes, comes high-end cycling retail and an innovative way to get repairs done on your own watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088148021-B91Q0PDMQSF8HFBMCWH3/PressLogoPPG2.jpg Home - Nick Drombosky, raised in Pittsburgh, rejected college and professional life. But at 27, he runs a successful bicycle accessories business. 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Unlike most consumer products on Kickstarter, Fiks:Reflective has continued to manufacturer it's own goods since the beginning using domestically sourced materials. Utilizing the low cost of social media, Fiks:Reflective has been able to keep prices competitive with the larger brands made overseas. From a modest production facility inside an old industrial building in Point Breeze, Fiks:Reflective has been shipping product around the world, 5-6 days a week, for almost 2 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1544088149554-6M9VJQMFV59DRLDRPWXX/PressLogoWired.jpg Home - Fiks, Reflective Rim-Strips for Bikes The stickers, designed by Nick Drombosky, come in six computer-cut sections for easy application, and should last through sun and rain for up to seven years. Given that a typical "fixie" rider swaps wheels on an almost monthly basis, this should be plenty long enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c08740d9d5abb3a2f377212/1588119624359-9W63J5VE621VWR48ARON/PressLogoWESA.jpg Home - ‘I Have the Equipment, I Have The Knowledge.’ Pittsburgher Makes, Donates Medical Face Shields Nick Drombosky didn’t set out to make face shields for health care workers. 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