just a diy most of the riv frames are now made in the us by waterford. Only the mixte frames are taiwan now. Some low dollar exchange issues i believe. Makes the sam hillbourne even more interesting to me. I'm biased from being a late '80s bridgestone owner for a long time. I wanna see how the petersen designs evolved.
Oh and i'd bet the vo frames make good bikes. Never understood the bad rap taiwanese stuff got. After all millions of asians ride them day after day.