Originally Posted by
nycphotography
One would expect that it won't bode well for the long term employment of the supplier either.
Specialized is making money hand over fist. As long as that continues they'll do what they can to curb these types of sales but they'll keep using offshore frame manufacturers until they see it impacting their bike shop customers. One problem that we will see is that replacement frame decals will no longer be available to customers. I tried to order a top tube decal to replace a scratched one on my old Tarmac and was told that they had discontinued the policy of sending them to customers to prevent them from being used on these suspect frames.
Mike