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Snakeworth RichardCunningham's article

Oct 16, 2014 at 8:38

Oct 16, 2014

They're more just the high-end and custom bikes, but Trek still manufactures more bikes in the US than any other brand. Yes, they manufacture most of their bikes overseas (with those bikes still designed in the US), but it would be impossible for them to remain competitive in the modern economy without doing so.

Snakeworth RichardCunningham's article

Oct 16, 2014 at 8:35

Oct 16, 2014

Doing it Our Way: Trek Factory Visit

Once again, Giant DOES NOT manufacture Trek's bikes. They share an overseas production facility (likely for cost and/or tax reasons, I'd wager), but are completely separate and distinct within that facility. They don't make each other's stuff. That would just be dumb.

Snakeworth RichardCunningham's article

Oct 16, 2014 at 8:32

Oct 16, 2014

Doing it Our Way: Trek Factory Visit

I admit to not knowing much about LeMond (apart from the fact that Trek made LeMond bikes from the start), but Bontrager and Fisher have been working willingly under the Trek umbrella for decades. Keith Bontrager gladly sold his company to Trek back in the '80s, and Gary Fisher was designing and making bikes for Trek back when they were still called Fisher bikes, and then Gary Fisher Collection bikes, and he's still doing so today. How does it constitute "killing" companies, when they've incorporated, promoted, and widely distributed said companies' innovations and products to an extremely successful degree?

Snakeworth RichardCunningham's article

Oct 16, 2014 at 8:20

Oct 16, 2014

Doing it Our Way: Trek Factory Visit

Oh, for crying out loud...this again? No, Trek bikes are not manufactured by Giant. They share an overseas manufacturing facility, yes, but the two companies are entirely separate within that facility. They do not actively share manufacturing processes, product designs, etc., because of the unavoidable facts that they are two different companies and are direct competitors.

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