I'll say it once again: the "Made in USA" sticker tells you nothing about quality anymore. Sorry. What if your US welder was having a bad day?

You are correct, worse yet what if the QA inspector was hung over from self medicating his dead end lifestyle.

In the age of globalization the Taiwanese are probably as good if not better welders than the rest of the world. I am just one of those "buy locally-grow locally" advocates. Got to see the "Big Picture".

that's a much more reasonable answer than accusing them of child labor

Made in USA may not say much about quality, but you can count on the workers not being held as slaves like in China. That, and the amount of lead in the paint is less.

Where is China in this conversation? That there Langster was made in Taiwan.

I was trying to say that it's good to buy american. By the way, Taiwanese framebuilders are excellent.

Fair enough.

i dunno enough to say for sure but buying taiwanese products may be a good way to hurt the chinese government

anyone know if this is true
?

Sh*t doofo, I am never sure are you serious or not. But yeah, if your question was serious, the answer is yes, at least in the sense that it irritates the Chinese Communist Party high priests. Now, if you were just wisecracking, then, ummm... ah **** it, I'm too tired for this.

im being srs wroomwroom

irritating chinese authorities might be a selling point for some i guess

how much money from a taiwanese product might end up in china i wonder

Hell, we could just send Brandune over there. The entire country would probably explode.

have him pick up a few artistic cycling bikes while hes at it

Hey....how the hell did I get dragged into this!??!?!

Shouldn't you be on a plane right now?

A'ight, peace y'all, I'm off to Taiwan

**** dude! You're getting on the wrong plane! Goddamnit you're doing it wrong!

Kthnxbai

hahahahaahhh.. well at least he left in the right general direction. Next stop is HK and then Mainland China.

By the way, have you guys noticed that we really have no BFSSFG patrons from China (I have seen a guy from Taiwan, though). Strange, considering the 1.5 billion potential cyclists there.

You're looking at one right now

^^^Didn't know there was a Toronto in China, too.

EDIT: are you from China originally, now living in Canada?

This makes no sense. Removing a "made in Taiwan" sticker does change the fact that you bought an overseas-made frame. You are not advocating "buy locally-grow locally" unless you lie to people about where your frame was made.

Only in Bike Forums Doofo's House

Pics as promised. Everyone should have a FG in their office.

You are correct...I will gladly leave the sticker intact and embrace my multi-cultural global connection.

^dont listen to him. he seems to have hugged a tree a little too hard and got it lodged somewhere. Take off the stickers that are above the clearcoat, as they are meant to be taken off.....nobody wants that ugly crap on their bike....

ps. I think that boston langster is kinda sharp.