Originally Posted by
surreal
These are
not made by Nitto; these are Taiwan-made knock-offs, like most of the Bicycle Larpist equipment sold by compass.
They look like decent plugs, but did they really need to use the blue color to try to get that Nitto vibe going so feverishly?
Well, I may stand corrected about where the bar end plugs come from, but their racks, stems bottle cages and handlebars come from Nitto in Japan, and their fenders, bells and most of their tires come from Japan. The SKF BBs they sell, and all the dynamo lighting they sell, come from Germany. The bags they sell come from France. And their tire savers come from good ol' USA
.
In fact, only a few of their Grand Bois components come from Taiwan, namely their hubs, cranks and now bar-end plugs. Maybe I missed a few things...