In the bicycle world, we have seen a lot of problematic products out of the big name brands throughout the years. Most recently the assploding Dura Ace/Ultegra cranksets from Shimano. Cranksets have been with us for over 100 years now. There is no reason for a crankset to assplode. And yet the most respected brand in the business did just that- put out a clearly defective assploding crankset. As always- trouble happens when people 'innovate'. They have clever ideas, and in their excitement they forgot to test them thoroughly in the real world. This is how we ended up with 2 piece cranks that end up in two pieces, 3 spoke wheels that become 2 spoke wheels, glued joints that come unglued, rocket beams that break, threaded nipples that yank out threads, etc
Now China. 90% of the bikes sold in the US came from ..... China. I trust that the people making the vast majority of our bikes know how to make them. Also- they don't innovate. They just mass produce tried and true products.