re-last post i meant to write "handcrafted" NOT "handcrated".
sorry... e-RICHIE
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 19:26:12 -0500 Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com>
writes:
> snipped:
> Henry Turner <hturn@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> "What may worry many, is that the expensive shiny new bike they
> spent hard earned money on, was not hand crafted by "Luigi" in his
> small workshop....If I were to list a number of manufacturers, how
> many would actually be made by those manufactures, or rather, not
> contracted out to a Taiwanese manufacturer?"
>
> they never <were> handcrated by "Luigi" in his small workshop.
> that is an illusion that was born in the 70s U.S. bike boom.
> also, why does it matter where the work is done as long as
> it's produced well? it's a win-win situation. you can
> subcontract in the next county or across the pond. you're still
> doing the same thing: spec-ing a product and finding an efficient
> method of manufacturing.
> e-RICHIE
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