Originally Posted by
mulleady
You make it sound like Brompton's factory in Brentford, London is simply some final assembly operation in the manufacturing chain of the bike. That could not be further from the truth. Better check your sources. I also remember the Titanium seatposts being contracted to Russia when they were avaiable.
Come clean Juan as you have a particular bias in favour of Taiwan don't you?
I just enjoy the Banter
Seriously, I hate this
snobbery about what country products come from, its 2011!
How about instead of asking WHERE? we ask HOW? how much resources are they consuming, what is the life cycle of their product? what are their values and ethics? do they practice what they preach?
Juan
Source:
http://www.brompton.co.uk/page.asp?p=3088 (last line)