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Okay, so Post-war Germany largely ignored the high-end bicycle component industry, leaving that to the English, the French, and the Italians. We wonder why. We speculate that this has done the high-end bicycle component industry no good. But has it done the English, the French, and the Italians any good? In the long run, I think, it hasn't. And has it done Germany any harm? Again, I think not.
Post-war German industry seems to have recognized the fact that the 20th Century was the Age of the Automobile. As a business decision, you can hardly fault them.