Re: [CR]Re: No respect- japan makers

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:58:34 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: No respect- japan makers
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Tom Martin wrote:
>
> When will the maturity of Japans bicycle industry be recognized to warrant
> this respect? Some of the Japanese builders and manufacturing have been at
> it longer than our vaunted American builders. And they are still in
> business. I think they have paid their dues at this point- their
> manufacturing base has largly been exported to China leaving only boutique
> makers who know what they are doing.

They had my respect in the late 1970s! But I can only speak for my self...

Chuck "re, re, re, re, spect, spect, spect, spect" Schmidt L.A.

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