and why should the bike industry product be different from any other handcrafted goods industry product, perhaps because you ride it? A antique Goddard piece of furniture that sells for millions of dollars, is in great part considered valuable because it has that name on the piece. Nobody is asking if the carver worked in the shop.
Dennis Young
Hotaka, Japan
>
> misrepresentation?!??
> subcontracting has a long, firmly rooted history in
> the bicycle making business. regarding outsource-ing,
> what is the difference if a milanese frame shop gets their
> work done in milan, umbria, or taiwan? who is the loser
> in this hypothetical? none of these guys/firms ever said
> they DIDN'T get their work from other sources; it's
> the consumer's perception that all work is done in-house.
> i'd venture a guess that if you asked any of these firms
> where their goods came from, they would tell you the truth.
> they might not say which factory does their work, but that
> information isn't really important, as long as the products
> are made to spec.
> e-RICHIE