I don't know about Japan, but did Cinelli ever make their own bars and stems? ciao, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives can only speak Italian after about 8 beers in Santa Barbara, Calif.
On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 05:41 PM, nelson miller wrote:
> Group---- How about the rumor that I heard that all of the early
> Cinelli steel stems were made for them in Japan?---- Nelson Miller--
> seattle
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Young
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:31 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1792 - 18 msgs
>
> Years ago Harley decided to have their engines made in Japan and guess
> what?
> They stopped leaking oil!! Brand origin loyalty is great thing, but
> going
> into the garage for a screwdriver and slipping and breaking your neck
> is
> another.
>
> Dennis Young
> Hotaka, Japan
>
>
>>> Would people buy Harley-Davidsons if they were made in Taiwan? Or a
>>> Porsche/Audi/BMW if they were made in Taiwan? I doubt it. Brand
>>> loyalty is
>>> an unbeatable thing, but part of the "brand" itself is the country
>>> and
>>> culture that produces the object.(cut)