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Old 06-03-07 | 08:43 PM
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jacksbike
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Bikes: Trek 7.5 Hybrid, Trek 1.1 Road, Holdsworth touring,Raleigh International,Ritchey Commando,Italvega Speciallissimo,et.al.

Yes, this is definitely headache time. I recollect Raleigh USA in the early 80's importing Taiwanese manufactured front triangles and rear triangles, welding them together in their Washington state factory, painint them there, and slapping a large USA flag and USA manufactured stickers on them. Perhaps that was the harbringer of things to come. In the early 70's when I was selling Raleigh of Nottingham, England bikes, we would receive the same model bike made in UK, Holland, South Africa and sometimes India. However, they were properly decaled with the country of manufacture. Welcome to the global manufacturing economy.
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