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On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:16 PM, franklyn <sini...@msn.com> wrote: > In many ways, workers in Taiwan have better conditions than those in > the U.S., Taiwan has one of the best universal healthcare system in > the world (according to NYTimes columnist and Nobel laureate Paul > Krugman), and public transportation systems that are pretty unmatched > (extensive and inexpensive subway systems in two cities and high-speed > rail system that run up and down the island). I don't think you need > to feel bad if parts are made in Taiwan, they probably live better > than we do here. > > Franklyn > > On Oct 5, 1:56 pm, Sean Whelan <strummer_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > All of the Campagnolo stuff I have says "Made in Italy." > > > > They make cassettes, headsets, cranksets, etc. > > > > You an buy used or vintage Campagnolo Friction Shifters / Seatposts / > Brake Levers / Rims / Hubs as well. > > > > ? > > > > Sean > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:41 PM > > Subject: [RBW] parts made in places where worker conditions are fairly > reasonable > > > > I've been specing out a potential bicycle build and I'm trying to see > > what parts I can get from places which have pretty reasonable working > > conditions and rights of workers - especially something resembling a > > living wage, etc. > > > > So I am thinking places like the US, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, > > Australia, NZ, the UK, Canada, portions of taiwan, etc. (RE: Taiwan > > and Japan, I'm working on the basis that given Rivendell's level of > > precision in their corporate behavior that they would would not do > > business with folks if they thought the workers building their bikes > > were being exploited or treated badly) > > > > I'm trying to nail down manufacturing locations for a number of products. > > > > Some of them are easy - they list them on the site directly. > > > > But - can anyone tell me where DT-swiss rims (for example) are made? > > > > How about the manufacturer of any of the Grand Bois non-tire parts? > > > > How about cassette manufacturers? Is it pretty much shimano, sram and > sunrace? > > > > Deraillers? Is it the same as the above? > > > > I was hoping someone else has already been through this little game > > and had suggestions for me. > > > > Thanks, > > -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 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. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** -- 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.
