Road Cycling - U.S. made drive train components?

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shaharidan
06-27-03, 09:57 AM
just wondering if there are any U.S. companies making road drive train components, and are the comparable in quality to campy and shimano?

roadfix
06-27-03, 10:02 AM
........mostly hubs & cranks, I think.... such as Paul Components, Phil Wood, Surly, etc.....
TimB
06-27-03, 10:22 AM
FSA

<http://www.fullspeedahead.com>
Chris King
American something Hubs
not sure about cassettes and shifters though :-(

LSR
06-27-03, 11:51 AM
I thought FSA is Korean?
LSR
06-27-03, 11:54 AM
Sorry I was wrong they are Taiwanese. See http://www.campyonly.com/rumors.html and scroll down to April 15th.
khuon
06-27-03, 12:12 PM
FSA is owned by a Taiwan company but that doesn't necessarily mean the components are produced there. The company is based out of Kenmore, WA (just north of Seattle) and stuff like bottom brackets are actually assembled in Italy (parts are shipped from Taiwan). I believe that in the manufacturing world, "made in" relates to the point of at least 51% assembly.
khuon
06-27-03, 12:17 PM
SRAM is a US based (Chicago, IL) drivetrain (or at least parts of it) component manufacturer which has factories in the US. They also have factories in Taiwan and Germany.
lotek
06-27-03, 02:52 PM
American something. . .
would that be American Classic?
great hubs, made some interesting stuff back
in the day (rollers, headsets), still make seatposts
etc.
Marty
mechBgon
06-27-03, 05:27 PM
The American Classic seatposts, alas, are no longer the one-piece forged USA-built post that we knew. They're now a two-piece bonded Taiwanese-made post :(
lotek
06-27-03, 05:52 PM
Mechbgon Say it isn't so.

Glad I have an extra old alu one stashed away.

Marty
roadfix
06-27-03, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by mechBgon
The American Classic seatposts, alas, are no longer the one-piece forged USA-built post that we knew. They're now a two-piece bonded Taiwanese-made post :(

....good to know that. I'm hanging onto my 10 year old AC seatpost.....
mechBgon
06-27-03, 06:07 PM
Verily it is so :( I happen to have a 350mm Taiwanese one that I wouldn't mind using on my mountain bike, but for my Paramount steel frameset...? No way! I found a used US-made American Classic road post and polished it up a bit.