Originally Posted by Bonzo Banana

I think some of the Cannondale bikes coming to Europe were assembled in Vietnam sometime ago and possibly Cambodia now this is to avoid EU anti-dumping duty. Cambodia is the biggest exporter of bikes to Europe followed by Taiwan I think but most of the components are made in mainland China but it depends on the price point. Fuji-ta are a huge producer of both complete bikes (20 million a year) and certified frames to be assembled elsewhere in the world including low cost countries in the far east like Cambodia and Vietnam. My point is a bicycle can have a frame made in mainland China and be assembled in Taiwan or assembled in Cambodia with basically the same frame. Looking at fuji-ta site the first page has a video clearly stating Cannondale as the first brand. Cannondale is a Dorel brand. Taiwan is seen as the highest quality bikes in the world nowadays so connecting your brand with Taiwan is a good thing. Having your final bike assembled in Taiwan is seen as a good thing. Wouldn't surprise me though if top end Cannondale frames are made in Taiwan and lower end frames are made in mainland China this is a formula used by many western brands that don't manufacture frames themselves now.

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