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03-26-18, 07:46 AM
#26
My Engin frame was made in the U.S., 12 miles from my house.
If you want a frame made in the U.S., buy a frame that's made in the U.S. It's really that simple.
If you want a frame made in the U.S., buy a frame that's made in the U.S. It's really that simple.
03-26-18, 08:00 AM
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03-26-18, 08:44 AM
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My CF frame is made in the U.S. but the shop is 12.26 miles from my home.
03-26-18, 08:53 AM
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If you are fine with stock geometry, you are almost always going to do better (and save money) with a frame from Taiwan.
03-26-18, 09:02 AM
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Some people simply want a frame that is unique, and produced locally.
03-26-18, 10:49 AM
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03-26-18, 10:50 AM
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But not affordable at this point.
03-26-18, 10:56 AM
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03-26-18, 10:59 AM
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03-26-18, 11:02 AM
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Bite me.
I would say $2500 for a frame/fork is reasonable. I expect the cost for custom geometry is $5K or close to it. The big names (Calfee, Seven, etc.) charge that.
I would not be getting a new bike for another 2-3 years anyway, but if price is reasonable I would consider.
I would say $2500 for a frame/fork is reasonable. I expect the cost for custom geometry is $5K or close to it. The big names (Calfee, Seven, etc.) charge that.
I would not be getting a new bike for another 2-3 years anyway, but if price is reasonable I would consider.
03-27-18, 03:03 AM
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It matters to me that if one wanted to buy a Trek frame made in US they could but that is no longer an option or is becoming less an option.
It seems like no big deal at first but once the US starts to give it away piece by piece eventually we will have nothing left except for the rich.
It seems like no big deal at first but once the US starts to give it away piece by piece eventually we will have nothing left except for the rich.
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03-27-18, 09:58 PM
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good luck with that alternative universe, Karl Marx would be proud of your reading of his literary works of economic philosophy,
he suggests that . but that has not happened.. sweden, etc maybe..
US capital red baited labor, getting out the army..
Henry Ford, briefly, thought his workers should be able to afford to buy what they made.. But,
now its tax cuts for the well connected Rich and crushing labor unions and wages.. 70s got that started.. wages flatlined.
[women had to go to work , not be homemakers]
Later, Ford liked what the European Far Right was saying, in the mid 30s, setting up for WW2.
....
he suggests that . but that has not happened.. sweden, etc maybe..
US capital red baited labor, getting out the army..
Henry Ford, briefly, thought his workers should be able to afford to buy what they made.. But,
now its tax cuts for the well connected Rich and crushing labor unions and wages.. 70s got that started.. wages flatlined.
[women had to go to work , not be homemakers]
Later, Ford liked what the European Far Right was saying, in the mid 30s, setting up for WW2.
....
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