U.S. made drive train components?
06-27-03, 09:57 AM
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U.S. made drive train components?
just wondering if there are any U.S. companies making road drive train components, and are the comparable in quality to campy and shimano?
06-27-03, 10:22 AM
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FSA
<https://www.fullspeedahead.com>
Chris King
American something Hubs
not sure about cassettes and shifters though :-(
<https://www.fullspeedahead.com>
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American something Hubs
not sure about cassettes and shifters though :-(
06-27-03, 11:54 AM
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Sorry I was wrong they are Taiwanese. See https://www.campyonly.com/rumors.html and scroll down to April 15th.
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FSA is owned by a Taiwan company but that doesn't necessarily mean the components are produced there. The company is based out of Kenmore, WA (just north of Seattle) and stuff like bottom brackets are actually assembled in Italy (parts are shipped from Taiwan). I believe that in the manufacturing world, "made in" relates to the point of at least 51% assembly.
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SRAM is a US based (Chicago, IL) drivetrain (or at least parts of it) component manufacturer which has factories in the US. They also have factories in Taiwan and Germany.
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American something. . .
would that be American Classic?
great hubs, made some interesting stuff back
in the day (rollers, headsets), still make seatposts
etc.
Marty
would that be American Classic?
great hubs, made some interesting stuff back
in the day (rollers, headsets), still make seatposts
etc.
Marty
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The American Classic seatposts, alas, are no longer the one-piece forged USA-built post that we knew. They're now a two-piece bonded Taiwanese-made post 
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Mechbgon Say it isn't so.
Glad I have an extra old alu one stashed away.
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Glad I have an extra old alu one stashed away.
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06-27-03, 06:07 PM
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Originally posted by mechBgon
The American Classic seatposts, alas, are no longer the one-piece forged USA-built post that we knew. They're now a two-piece bonded Taiwanese-made post
The American Classic seatposts, alas, are no longer the one-piece forged USA-built post that we knew. They're now a two-piece bonded Taiwanese-made post
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Verily it is so I happen to have a 350mm Taiwanese one that I wouldn't mind using on my mountain bike, but for my Paramount steel frameset...? No way! I found a used US-made American Classic road post and polished it up a bit.
I happen to have a 350mm Taiwanese one that I wouldn't mind using on my mountain bike, but for my Paramount steel frameset...? No way! I found a used US-made American Classic road post and polished it up a bit.
