The Giant factory in Taiwan is the world's largest bicycle factory. For years they made frames for other manufacturers but about 30 years ago they started branding their own. And you're right, they make good bikes.
Many top manufacturers, like Specialized have all but their top racing frames made in Taiwan, likely by Giant. And many well-known brands (like Bianchi of Italy) have their "more affordable" bikes made in Taiwan - by Giant. BTW, virtually every carbon fibre frame, regardless of manufacturer, is made in mainland China. No one else has the facilities. Glad I ride Italian steel. :-) Cheers, frank On 22 July, 2015 7:06:40 PM EDT, John <[email protected]> wrote: >On 7/22/2015 5:08 PM, paul stenquist wrote: >> Gracie has her first adult bike. I bought her a 2014 Giant Tempt 5, >which was new but somewhat reduced since it’s last year’s model. Seems >to work great. It has 27.5 wheels but an Adult Small frame. Went to a >good bike shop nearby, and they measured her and had her test drive >some bikes. This one seems to be excellent. Was surprised to learn it’s >American made, or at least marketed by a U.S. company. (I’m often >skeptical of “American made” claims.) >> >> Here’s a truly awful phone pic in bad light with Grace squinting:-) >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18058025&size=lg >> > >Skepticism is justified. They're manufactured in Taiwan. > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-dDP_fXUoE > >I don't know if any "standard" bicycles are still manufactured in the >USA, but there are LOTS of manufacturers who will build you a custom >bike. > >Still, it's a good bike & I hope she gets a lot of use out of it. > >-- >Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >Religion - Answers we must never question. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
