Originally Posted by
Fiery
Two counter questions: how many of the big-brand monocoque manufacturers employ the absolute state of the art modelling, prototyping, minute performance analysis and testing, and how many of their models actually see all the results of this development process?
Let's compare apples to apples, unless you want to argue China direct open mould monocoque frames are the same as the much lauded Specialized ones.
First question, every singe one.
Second question, it doesn't matter if the bike is made in China or on Mars. Where a frame is manufactured is irrelevant. Process integrity matters for durability and performance is based upon the design of the frame. Bikes are often designed in one place and made in another...in fact most are. What separates the good guys is they scrutinize the manufacturing process to the Nth degree by sending their engineers to the manufacturing facility to ensure the process control plan is adhered to.