When Tange would have the sub assemblies made in other countries and then "assembled" or "finished" them here in the States, did they use stickers that said "Made in USA, kind of"? Or perhaps "Made in USA and Japan"?
Chuck Hoefer
Pacific Coast Cycles
Oceanside, Calif
> On 06/24/2010 11:48 PM, Mark Bulgier wrote:
>>
>> Dickey Greer wrote:
>>
>>> I do have an all 531db TREK bike that has a Tange fork
>>> from the factory. The Yellow Jersey in Madison, who used
>>> to be a top Trek Dealer said that was normal.
>
>> If the tube decal says "Guaranteed built with Reynolds 531 butted tubes,
>> forks and stays", and it came from the factory with a Tange fork, well
>> that may be considered "normal" by some, but it is FRAUD. Tange made
>> good tubing, nothing wrong with it, but if Trek said it was Reynolds,
>> then they lied.
>
> Tange would build whatever the customer wanted, provided the order was
> large enough. Trek did have Reynolds 531 rear stays and fork components
> shipped to Japan to be brazed into sub-assemblies by Tange (and
> Ishiwata), that were then shipped to Waterloo for final assembly and
> painting.
>
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>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA
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