Originally Posted by
Dan Burkhart
I recently did a build for a guy who wanted every component possible to be of German origin. He had inherited the bike from his father in law, and evidently he inherited a bunch of cash too, because cost was no object.
The parts list included, a Rohloff hub, SON dynohub, Magura brakes, Busch and Muller lighting, and Schwalbe tires. Had to go North American for crank and rims (Race Face and Velocity) due to availability, but he would have preferred those to be German as well.
Oh yeah, almost forgot, Connex chain.
I want to do that but for 'Murica. It would probably be a single speed and I would probably do tires from Germany and maybe a chain because I don't want to seek out NOS stuff like that but I could do pretty much everything else here. Though not sure if PowerCordz are still MUSA but I may stick with Jagwire because I like Jagwire.
Originally Posted by
chaadster
Ah, okay, but nonethless the point stands that Germany is no slouch in the bike department!
No they don't slouch. I doubt they actually physically slouch either they also know how to work and not work which is nice. I would love to get a job at ABUS in Germany it seems they know how to treat employees well and get the job done and have mandatory vacation time so employees can be with friends and family and not be so damned stressed all the time. Also they have foosball and are pretty serious about that. The U.S. office also has it to practice. I suck but I had fun doing it. I could also get a Birdy which you cannot get anymore in the U.S. not that I need a folding bike or would want one with an odd size but it looks like a cool bike to have in the back of the car. Put a Rohloff with belt drive and you get a fun machine.