Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Northern California
Bikes: Cheltenham-Pedersen racer, Boulder F/S Paris-Roubaix, Varsity racer, '52 Christophe, '62 Continental, '92 Merckx, '75 Limongi, '76 Presto, '72 Gitane SC, '71 Schwinn SS, etc.
Sweet parts were made in SoCal in the mid 90's, they had welded-steel cranks and stems that hit some very low weight numbers.
I had a pair of solid titanium cranks with svelte aluminum spider made by Sampson, which I sold on Ebay about 15 years ago. The two top bidders, from Japan and Germany, bought only titanium parts and cranksets, respectively. This was before buyer's and seller's transaction records were made more private than back then.
I bought 27.5"x i35mm rims from Spank a couple of years ago which I believe were made in the US. Highest quality, so not cheap.
Rim/wheel vendor FSE is in the US and makes their filament-wound rims in the US. Good pricing and very nice product!
One more thing that Chicago Schwinn made was front hubs.
I have a pair of stem shifters here with levers having Made in USA molded into the plastic levers.
Did anyone here mention Matthauser yet? They made complete brakesets iir.
I sold some Ciamillo calipers a while back that were made here in the US.