Lots of good and thought-provoking points made here by several people. I'll just add something that occurs to me. We, on this group, are consumers. I mean that both in the general and specific sense. We are all certainly consumers of rather expensive, high-quality bicycles. For some of us, that may be the one area in our lives that "consumes" most of our cash. But I kind of doubt that that is the case for most here. I think there are quite a few of us that fit the profile with me: Aging boomers with a comfortable amount of disposable income who spend it not only on lugged-steel bicycles, but on the more normal items of Western life. Like a fair amount of clothing, appliances, and electronics. Not to mention automobiles. So the point I am getting to is, I certainly couldn't afford to buy American in all of those areas. Maybe not even in one of them, exclusively. It would be nice. We choose here to focus on the purchases that fuel our passion, and that is certainly an appropriate discussion to have in this forum. I will think about the points raised here when I make my next bicycle-related purchase, and other purchases as well. My last one was from RBW, and both items, I think are made in Europe. And I thank Grant for making those products, and that knowledge, available. Cheers, Steve
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