Originally Posted by Scooper
I don't believe it would be a leap; as far as I know there were no Taiwanese sources other than Giant. Japanese sources were Bridgestone and Panasonic. Chinese source was China Bicycles Company of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
By 1986, Giant was producing about 700,000 bikes a year for Schwinn - more than 80% of Schwinn's product.
EDIT- well biked, you beat me to it. 
Heck, I should have just not posted and waited for you. My stuff was guesses and conjecture. You got right to the point with facts.
