Tom Martin wrote:
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> 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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