Originally Posted by Fentuz
As I believe you are talking about tariffs for things coming from the UK and EU, you may need to consider what the situation is with far east. In the case of Ritchey and Marin, althought they are US brands, are the frames made in the US or far east (subject to trariff)?
What are the tariff for south american product? Dave from just ride bike reviewed a columbia steel brand and was impressed with the product and bough one (I have not asked him but he may have had a discount).
Any imported bicycle frame is subject to additional duties. The US isn't the primary market for smaller UK manufacturers, such as Fairlight. So they don't roll tariffs into their pricing. Without having access to Ritchey's books, I can't say for certain, but would guess that with the volume of frames they have made that their own unit pricing is less expensive, making the amount of duties they pass along to the consumer less expensive.