On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:10 PM, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. >
I'm confused - in the earlier riv readers I thought I had read that riv had paid for the tooling for some of the specific parts they wanted. Why can't those be transferred to another manufacturer? Or maybe I'm misremembering. -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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
