Yep.

I have a 2009 (I think), Rockey Mountain Hybrid says made in Canada on the frame and wheel rims. It is a Metro priced below $600.
So that is fairly local.
They have road frames too.
I also love the bike by the way.

Personally I wouldn't hold anything against Taiwan for quality. They seem to know what they are doing.

Sorry, but notwithstanding what the sticker may say (whether 'made' or 'built' in Canada), a recent-ish RM Metro most certainly does not have a frame fabricated in Canada. It may have wheels 'built' in Canada from components (rims, hubs) sourced in Taiwan or elsewhere. Far as I know, no RM bicycle frames (from low to high-end) are actually fabricated in this country; I may be mistaken re. the very top one or two mtb models.

As far as I know there is not a production level hybrid bicycle built in North America as the price point these are sold at could not be done if they were manufactured here.

There are plenty of custom builders (myself included) who could build you the hybrid of your dreams but you would pay as much for the frame and fork as you would a very nice complete bike.

As to Rocky Mountain, the only frame that is still built on this side of the pond is the Blizzard which does of course use Asian made components.

North America never had any significant component makers save for those that made coaster and 2 speed hubs as most of this was also British (Sturmey Archer) or Shimano and derailleur components were European until the mid seventies when Shimano and Suntour really took over and put many of these companies out of business.

Taiwan's bicycle manufacturing industry is highly sophisticated and they build excellent products and some Chinese made bicycles are also very good but will disagree with my friend Sheldon when he said that a dislike of these was racism.

For me it is about economics on a local scale and having a great desire to see more production and jobs come back to this side of the pond.

Look in Portland ORegon Olympia WA and Tacoma and Seattle plenty O builders from help fiber to carbon fiber to bamboo to Reynolds slx

Of course you have all realized that the OP was probably just trolling. It appears he hasn't bothered to respond again after his initial thread start. Don't feed the trolls.

Quite possible, but this little thread has taken on a life of its own!

Looks like I'll have to ignore the big picture when I get my first carbon bike, though. Oh well.

I had to delete the political comments or this thread would be moved to P&R. Please keep comments bike-related, or feel free to start a new thread in P&R.

CbadRider
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Fair enough, Mod, but at least be consistent; you missed a glaring example not a million miles from your explanatory post

Thank You!

- Slim

I took care of it.

From where the bikes come is not all that important. None of the expensive bits that make them go are made stateside.

Very true lol.

Since Mr. Brown has passed away and can't respond on his own, I'm going to challenge you to provide a link to any such statement made by him.

I see.
That seems somewhat deceptive.
I knew that any component would be imported, but that does seem intentionally deceiving to put "Made in Canada" on the Frame.
The wheels do say "built", but I had assumed the parts were imported based on that language.
These stickers had been part of the selling point for me.
Oh well... from the discussion going on here it doesn't look like I would have found a brand with much higher North American Content.