On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > But to be honest the parts from nitto are the least of the items I was > concerned about. The frames from toyo are the item which seem to be > commanding the large price increases. So that's my main curiosity. Is > there really no feasible way to level out the exchange rate by > producing more of the frames in north america? > > It's not like toyo and wateford are the only two frame builders in the > world, right? Do all the frames have to be built in the same couple of > places by the same subset of people? Apparently so.
It does seem like there would be room for a mid-sized frame production shop in the US along the lines of what match was. There are a lot of framebuilders who have gotten their start in the last 10 years, but only a very few are going to be able to make a full-time living from it. It seems like some consolidation of a handful of builders into a production house might be a natural direction to go. Understandably, it's not as attractive an option, since your personal stamp isn't going onto the frame, but perhaps more viable, career-wise. North American frame shops (with multiple builders who do more than their own brand) would include Waterford, Serotta, Moots, maybe Independent Fabrication, anyone else?? -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
