Originally Posted by
rufus
Not as far as quality goes, but yeah, it matters to me. An Italian brand bike made in Taiwan isn't an Italian bike, it's an Italian brand bike.
Exactly. I don't care how well it's put together in Taiwan, if it wasn't made in Italy then it isn't Italian IMO. It's probably not going to make a bit of difference in my world though, as any current Italian frames I do like are few and far between (steel) and insanely priced.