Regarding Nitto, I think it would be prohibitively costly for an American company to acquire the tooling necessary for forging stems, etc... Well, maybe prohibitive is not the right word-- what I mean is unattractive from a business standpoint.
On the other hand, there ARE great companies right here in the U.S. who machine fine aluminum products, for example Super Rat Machine works: http://www.superratmachine.com/ Super Rat Machine Works was started by Phil Wasson, an insanely talented BMX rider once associated with the (also Made-in-USA) frame company called FBM. SRM makes very good parts. On Oct 7, 2:07 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was reading the new post about the Yen > at:http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/159 > > and it made me ask: Is there any way that there are any american or > canadian or mexican companies(NAFTA) could manufacture some of these > components to the same level of quality? > > I know there are a largish number of independent frame builders out > there. Can they produce enough consistency to bring the prices of the > frames down to sub-2K ranges? > > What about stems? Is there no one besides nitto who can do it for what > the nitto's cost? > > I'm not arguing against the nittos, I'm just asking if there is really > no one who can do that kind of manufacturing. > > -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
