Where is that fancy bike you riding made?

[vaulter1]

Bike 1: Waterloo, Wisconsin, USA

Bike 2: Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA

Bike 3: Golden, Colorado, USA

 

Not to sound elitist but it does feel nice to know you're supporting the "local" builders/fabricators (and yes they are local for me!) instead of an Asian conglomerate.  Now any of you downhillers riding a Morewood - Bonus points!

 

[Kiwi]

I wish the Mercedes etc made in PE had "Made in South Africa" on it!Kiwi2008-09-12 05:13:14

[Bionic man]

I wish the Mercedes etc made in PE had "Made in South Africa on it"

 

Mine says "Made in Germany"

[Dirty Twin]

Made in Spain and won Mens MTB & Road Olympic events.

[GoLefty!!]

MTB 1: Bethel Pennsylvania, USA

MTB 2: Bethel Pennsylvania, USA

Road: Giant, Taiwan.

 

See, i stick with the truthfull companies.

 

[Johan Bornman]

Mine was "Handmade in the USA"

 

It has welds that look like hardened toothpaste and a poor attempt at disguising it with a few strokes of a blunt file to prove its origin. I believe the sticker.

 

 

[PPWTF]

nice one JB - just like the American auto industry. Nobody outside the US wants their product either; same reason - quality sucks 

[Sean Badenhorst]

 

I know where mine was made and in fact by whom. He gave me call just before he started.

 

Brilliant!

 

 

 

 

[Rich]

Can we believe all this? Mine says handmade in the USA - surely they can't be lying to me?

[obree]

Mine was made in Italy, by Antonio Sarto, of Cicli Sarto. met him personally, at the factory, measured me up and had a frame 4 months later.

[ChrisF]

So what bikes are made in South Africa ?

 

I know MOMSEN is local, but apparently they now only make carbon fibre full suspension bikes ...

 

Which other full suspension MTB bikes are locally manufactured ?

 

 

 

PS - seems I am using the wrong search criteria as I cant find threads on this ...

[Guest]

Mercer bikes but they are hard tails as far as I know. I think there is a guy in CT called Black Composites who hand builds carbon full suss bikes.

[Cat2forLife]

So what bikes are made in South Africa ?

 

I know MOMSEN is local, but apparently they now only make carbon fibre full suspension bikes ...

 

Which other full suspension MTB bikes are locally manufactured ?

 

 

 

PS - seems I am using the wrong search criteria as I cant find threads on this ...

 

As far as I understand, Momsen works like this:

 

All hardtail frames are off the shelf stuff painted with Momsen logo's and while the Vipa (and other DS frames) are designed and developed in SA, they're also manufactured somewhere in the East.

[ChrisF]

So local "assembled" rather than local "manufactured" .....

 

Thanks

[gummibear]

So what bikes are made in South Africa ?

 

I know MOMSEN is local, but apparently they now only make carbon fibre full suspension bikes ...

 

Which other full suspension MTB bikes are locally manufactured ?

 

 

 

PS - seems I am using the wrong search criteria as I cant find threads on this ...

Momsen isn't locally manufactured.

[gummibear]

Steel roadie....Made in Taiwan by Tom's hand selected tig welders of choice.

 

Road commuter.... USA

 

Carbon road....France

 

HT mtb...UK

 

Dual susser mtb....Germany