Originally Posted by Machka

We bought a pair of Thorns a couple years ago.

They used to be made in England and the retail side of things is there. But apparently they are made in Taiwan now.

So our Thorns (frames) were manufactured in Taiwan ... then shipped to England ... then shipped to Australia. Rowan built the bicycles and we set off on our round-the-world tour ... from Australia ... to Hong Kong ... to Taiwan ... to Japan ... to the UK and Europe ... to North America ... to Hong Kong ... and back to Australia.

I think those Thorns have been around the world twice.