I'm thinking of ordering a bamboo Calfee. The bike is built in the US. I know the bamboo is imported but, by the fact that it is only grown overseas and not actually manufactured, would that be OK? Bill Louisville, Ky On Dec 21, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Dave Rivbike wrote:
> I'm aware of the overseas nature of the lugs themselves, figured > someone would point that out. > Even if you pounded out the lugs here, who knows where the steel came > from right? > I realized the great lengths you'd have to go to to be totally pure > USA, but the thread has been useful so far. > I learned of a few things I didn't know about. > Guess that's just the way it is these days, you'll get an overseas pad > on your US brake, overseas rails on your saddle, etc.. > > > > > On Dec 21, 12:58 pm, Greg J <gregkj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Not to rain on your parade, but my guess is that at least the dropouts and >> the lugs are made in Taiwan, so you're already in the realm of "assembled >> in the US." >> >> Of course, you have to draw the line somewhere, and yours is a perfectly >> reasonable one. >> >> My impression is that American Classic has been sourcing at least some of >> its products from Asia for about 10 years now. I don't think post-Trek >> Bontrager is MUSA. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
