Originally posted by amigo
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Fubar i mean: they are bike welders
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Velocipedio, i don't think that the products from the same manufacturer have the same quality: The geometry is not the same, the suspension system is not the same, the material is not the same... and perhaps the companies in USA have quality controls, perhaps different quality controls.-
If you have any information about that manufacturer in Taiwan please let me know it. I will be very thankful in know more about it.-
I don't put Santa Cruz in the list because i don't have data about its new bikes. I don't know if they are still using a high pivot system, and if they made innovations in the geometry. (i couldn't enter in its web site).-
1. I still don't get what you are getting at. Custom frame builders don't become custom frame builders unless they are top notch at welding, and top notch at making a bike exactly like the customer ordered it, that is why they are custom frame builders and can charge sky high prices.
2. Who cares is Santa Cruz still uses single pivot designs. Santa Cruz build the best single pivot suspension bikes available. I had the chance to ride on of my friends Superlight(single pivot) and I sprinted out of the saddle with choppy strokes, and I climbed with choppy strokes, and any bobbing there was wasn't enought to worry about. Plus single pivot designs are lower maintenance.