On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:12:04 AM UTC-5, Garth wrote: > > > Oh yes .... lol.. Japan. Is the Taiwan exchange rate much better though > ? IDK .... > >
As Ron said, it's the labor, in large part. Grant has on several occasions said he wouldn't mind getting bikes made by Toyo in Japan again; but he said it's a function of the exchange rate, lead times for delivery, minimum quantities required, as to where makes the most sense. Using Taiwan lowers cost; maybe mostly labor, but they're still trained by Toyo, so it's not like they're not well built. But maybe the Taiwan ones are spec'd with a - not cheap but just less-expensive - tubing, maybe a little simpler-to-build design (ie, not adding the curvastays on the way the Bombadil's is).... -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
