[CR] Off topic Maza and modern famous makes....

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From: "Angel M Garcia" <wa2vuy@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Off topic Maza and modern famous makes....
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 11:55:32 -0500


I was talking to someone recently that had been over to Taiwan (I think that's where) for some bike business and the person cited a long list of bike manufacturer names that were on bikes coming off the same assembly; I don't remember the names but I do remember being really surprised as the list included some respected, including European, names.

By the way, are the "on topic" dates fixed or do they slide up each year? I ask because CR logo show until 1980 but I think on topic is now up until 1983???

Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ

By the way, while we drift off topic (!) in the industry I am hearing more and more that these welded bikes, famous names supposedly Italian, British, etc., are in fact made elsewhere, far away in one of the Chinas... Obviously we already know about Masi, "Mercier", "Motobecane" much less "Weyless" parts but I am talking about the BIG prestigious "small makers"... I find this very discouraging and even more reason to scamper back to our focus time frame or the true keepers of the flame! Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina