Where is that fancy bike you riding made?

[Slowbee]

Titus, racerX 2007, according to the original owner.

[BMCfan]

Mine has a "made in Spain" label on it and I'm staying with that 

 

no man it should show "finished in Spain"

 

bring your bike to the M&B D/ville at 7:30 tomorrow morning. i've got a can of gold spraypaint

[GIRR]

Surely Shimano Deore gearing is the same as XTR if it is all made in China from the same factoryy...well that is if I'm following your thinking pattern...

[BMCfan]

at least mine has swiss technology

[hagar]

tic tok tic tok grandfather clock  swiss made like a cukoo clock 

[BMCfan]

tic tok tic tok grandfather clock  swiss made like a cukoo clock 

 

hey hey, ek stuur my spies park toe met 'n baseball bat more oggend!!!

[TitusTi]

Titus' date=' racerX 2007, according to the original owner.

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Taiwan then.

That was the last year they were made there, the aluminium production is now outsourced to a company in the States.

[hagar]

 

tic tok tic tok grandfather clock  swiss made like a cukoo clock 

 

hey hey' date=' ek stuur my spies park toe met 'n baseball bat more oggend!!!

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[TokenFreak]

 

http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=119392

 

 

If you read through the thread at the above link you will see how many brands source from Asia and then put stickers on the bikes stating handmade in USA or Belgium or Italy etc etc

TokenFreak2008-09-12 03:58:15

[ORCA]

Mine has a "made in Spain" label on it and I'm staying with that 

 

mine says "handbuild in spain"

 

poor chinese child labourer

[Overlord]

tic tok tic tok grandfather clock  swiss made like a cukoo clock 

 

hey hey' date=' ek stuur my spies park toe met 'n baseball bat more oggend!!!

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BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[willy]

 

Mine has a "made in Spain" label on it and I'm staying with that 

 

no man it should show "finished in Spain"

 

bring your bike to the M&B D/ville at 7:30 tomorrow morning. i've got a can of gold spraypaint

riding with the mrs tomorrow. We might cross paths on Adderley Road

 

[willy]

 

Mine has a "made in Spain" label on it and I'm staying with that 

 

mine says "handbuild in spain"

 

poor chinese child labourer

ah, that explains the difference between our bikes. Yours has a "handbuild in spain" sticker while mine has a "made in Spain"

[Speed Devil]

Mine is made in USA

[BigGuy]

Well at least I ride an original, un-rebranded Giant XTC, made in Taiwan. Sez so on the sticker.

[PPWTF]

 

Shame this kinda article will never get published in a mainstream cycling mag - imagine the damage it would do to all those mega buck marketing / image driven 'hi end' products... 

 

The European automotive industry has had it's dose of reality with price fixing - this is exactly the kind of article which would make bicycle manufacturers think twice with the outrageous margins / mark up on 'premium brands'

 

Much of the cycling industry is owned by conglomerates anyway, Dorel etc, and just like BMW or Porsche, those who continue to make genuinely premium products in house will continue to thrive on the back of a quality of product and aspirational power created by the quality - anything else is just Fiat dressed as Ferrari, or should I say Taiwan Hodaka dressed as Bianchi.....................

 

the times they are a changing; information is power and the net has empowered consumers like no other

 

 

 

PPWTF2008-09-12 04:28:45