I must say that the variety of attitudes toward products made in the USA which get expressed on this site very often leave me scratching my head. Some people who fall all over themselves praising MUSA clothes, regularly diss and compare excellent US bike products to cheaper Tiawnese. About the only producer who escapes this is Phil Wood.
The primary reason for buying local is the contribution to building a sense of community. I live in a rural state and have the opportunity to source a very high proportion of my food, some of my clothing and my grandsons toys from people in this state. These products are invariably more expensive, but the quality is excellent and they are my neighbors. All but one of my bicycle frames were made in Asia, and they are very good. However, I try to dress them up with "local" products - White hubs & cranks; PW BB, Paul's brakes; Chris King HS. It's a community thing; I spend my money here and they pay their taxes here. One hand helps the other. michael, westford, Vt On Jan 28, 6:04 am, zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote: > How so my friend? > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> > > Sender: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:02:19 > To: RBW Owners Bunch<rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] Re: Toyo versus Waterford Atlantis > > I think, Robert, that this all depends upon ones perspective. > > Angus > > On Jan 27, 1:45 pm, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If they are built here, they are better. Think about everything bad > > that's associated w/ a Taiwanese made product. > > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Bob, > > > > I've had two Rivendells (non Atlantis) built by Waterford. They were > > > very well done. > > > > I've had two Rivendell (one an Atlantis) built by Toyo. They were > > > also very well done. > > > > I have not been able to detect a difference. > > > > Angus > > > > On Jan 22, 10:34 pm, Bob <prov...@umbc.edu> wrote: > > >> How does the Toyo built Atlantis differ in quality and/or geometry > > >> from the Waterford edition? Exclude differences in braze-ons, > > >> kickstand plate and range of sizes. > > > >> In other words, what, if anything, was gained or lost by the change in > > >> builder? > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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.
