Originally Posted by
SkyDog75
Why do you feel robbed? It's not a secret that Bianchi carbon fiber frames are sourced from Taiwan. Frames for most brands, regardless of where they were originally from, are sourced from Asian contract manufacturers. The name on the downtube might say Bianchi, Trek, Specialized, Wilier, Orbea, Cervelo, Cannondale, or whatever, but chances are the frame was made by another company like Giant, Merida, Kinesis, AIT, Axman, Ten Tech, etc.
It's not something particular to bikes, either. When it comes to manufacturing, it's truly a global economy nowadays. My household has two "American" cars in the driveway: a Ford and a Chevy. One was designed in Germany and assembled in Mexico. The other was assembled in the USA, but designed in South Korea by an Australian citizen born in Czechoslovakia.
So buy a Giant, perhaps? They build all of their own frames in their own Taiwanese and Chinese factories.
Or if the sentiment is simply to buy a bike that was actually made by the company whose name is on the downtube in the country that name has historically been associated with, there are still a few options out there. Many of them are boutique producers (who charge boutique prices).
You bring up good points with Chevy and ford.All of the auto industry as a whole is basically that way.
I was really taken aback with my discovery.That was such an eye opener.I really did feel robbed at that moment.
I got caught up in the sales hype with their explaination how they build their frames.
I also see a video of a guy who goes around to all these famous makers for certain bike parts to build his ultimate bike.
He goes all over the world to have his frame custom built,wheelset built and so on.He gets to Bianchi and they will not let him in to take a tour like all the other places did.They used a lame excuse that they couldn’t chance their secrets getting out how they build things.Im seriously thinking of selling all my bianchis.