Originally Posted by
TenSpeedV2
Unless you roll down to a hub, and have one custom made, and it is made right there, in the US.
And the Wal-Mart of bike stuff? That is how I see Timbuk2 honestly. Like they tried, put out a really mass produced product with no thought behind it, and were done.
Yeah, Timbuk 2 went that way a long time ago, for sure. Honestly, I don't see Chrome any differently. They are just more "current" regarding marketing and the hipster crowd has really pushed them into mass production as well as jumping into all the other markets with shoes and jackets etc etc. I mean, of course, still making some bags here is a good idea for them, it keeps the people on the fence on their side of the fence. But they can afford to make some here, since they have all those other outsourced goods. I'm pretty sure all their other gear is made elsewhere, mass produced.
Baileyworks only makes bags, for now.