It is likely that a large part of what makes the Taiwan-made frames so much cheaper is that they are made---and shipped---in batches of several identical model, size, color frames. Ordering bikes one-at-a-time like the nominally `production' Waterford frames, then shipping them across the Pacific individually would not result in Hilsens for the price of Hillbornes, methinks. Mark Anderson in Chicago
On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 1:24:32 PM UTC-6, Joe Bernard wrote: > > The terrible secret about the Taiwan versions is they're just as > meticulously brazed by bike geeks as the MUSA frames. Everybody likes > supporting domestic production and some of us have the cash to support it, > but realistically you're not getting a "better" Riv. They're all great. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
