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Which bikes are made in China V.S Made in America?


Which bikes are made in China v.s Made in America?
Any differences/similarities?
For instance, where are Schwinn bikes designed bc I know they are made in China?

Most bikes that you find in bike shops today are made in Taiwan or China even if they were "designed" in the USA. The only bikes made in the USA are the high end models with high end prices.

HTH

most brands have thier lower line models built in asia, either korea or china. treks, schwinns, giants are all built in taiwan by a company named kenisis. they also import thier own bikes under many names including motobecan, botteccia usa, dawes and others offered at bikes direct. generally they are built by robots and are very consistant. they arent anything super remarkable, but they arent bad either. the most common complaint i see on them is the paint seems to be soft. in the end, my next bike will be the motobecan grand sprint. it is kenisis built w/ kensis built wheels they market under the veulta brand, but arent made in itally like the real things. mostly 600 parts it is a good value i believe.

Unless you're talking about the very top end racing machines from Trek, Waterford, or Cannondale, they're all made offshore.

Schwinn is a brand name, not a manufacturer, and hasn't been for a long time. The Schwinn family sold the name some time ago (80's?) and makes a small number of high end machines under the Waterford name in Waterford, Wisconsin.

Most bikes are made overseas, except for high end ones. Specially on carbon fiber, sometimes taiwan may have better experience than the states.

There are a few companies that make frames in the U.S., and a few companies that assemble bikes in the U.S., but there are NO bikes completely sourced and built in the U.S.

Every bike- I don't care how hard you look- has parts from Asia on it unless every part was handbuilt. This type of work will not be found in stores and would likely cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Kinesis only makes frames, as does Waterford, Serotta, and the others mentioned. Parts from Asia and Europe are then hung on the frames.

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