Every successful business ends up being swallowed by a bigger fish. If you are not successful, the US government buys you with our money thus swallowing you. So it goes.

BD is not a boogie monster. But, they are not bicycle manufacturers either. They are strictly a resale operation.

While these days I try harder and harder to buy American, the simple reality is that no matter what is on the sticker attached to your bike, if you purchase a production bicycle you are essentially guaranteed to be purchasing at least in part from Asia. "Made in America" stickers only mean that "America" added the most value to the end product. This can be a 49%/51% Taiwan/USA proposition.

I walk this walk so I'll talk this talk. Save your pennies and purchase your next bike frame from a hard working, genuine craftsman and artist in a town near you. Will it cost you more? Yes. Will you get more? I absolutely guarantee you will.