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02-06-19 | 03:48 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by willibrord

Is Specialized American? I always thought they were Japanese/Taiwanese.

Specialized started as a US importer of tires and other parts. They started selling bicycles in 1981. They introduced the first production mountain bike in 1981 but I don’t believe any of their bikes were ever produced in the US. Trek did manufacture them here for a very long time.

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