Originally Posted by
Obeast
I see mostly midrange stuff like deore and lower. I donīt see anything SLX and higher up for cheap. Thanks for the warning. Hong Kong has always been a shill for unscrupulous Chinese sellers so I donīt buy anything from Hong Kong anymore. I wonder if Taiwan is now the new Hong Kong.
Its a different country, so no it isnt the new hong kong.
I get the point your leading question is asking, but no Taiwan isnt some new hub of counterfeit product.
Its everywhere across Asia and Taiwan is the epicenter of bicycle components, so naturally there will be a good bit of knockoffs there.
It would happen any place thats an epicenter of manufacturing though.