Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,814
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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.
I too am astonished at how cheap that tools can be these days. And a lot of these things are made of great materials on sophisticated mass-production lines.
It does also sort of shock me how little of the stuff we buy is made in the US these days.