I give up. On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:23 PM, cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think there are too many unknowns here. All we get to do is look at > the finished frame and speculate as to the quality we cant see. We > don't get to see the tubes being mitered, prepped, brazed or anything > else until it is done. We don't know the brazers or the amount of time > they spend on each frame. I have no idea if the brazers at Toyo are as > good as the brazers at Waterford and how those compare to the Maxway > guys. Does anyone besides GP? So I take Riv's word that they are all > good. Sure my Bleriot is not as fancy as my wife's Ram but there is no > quality difference I can see and I have inspected the both pretty > closely. Are the lugs less fancy? Is the paint not quite as nicely > done? Yes and yes but I dont see those as quality differences in terms > of how well the bike is built. I do feel like there is value in buying > US made things, but after that it doesnt matter to me if they are made > in Japan or Taiwan. I think that someone in Taiwan can braze just as > well as someone in Japan who can braze just as well as someone in the > US. I think Rivendell oversold the fact that their frames were made at > Toyo and are having to overcome the idea that frames from other places > (excluding Waterfrod/US) are inferior. > > Cheers! > cm > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > >
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