ukmtb1979

Most won't remember him...showing your age there :-)

How stiff is too stiff??

I appreciate your outlook hamncheez but I think it is a little naive to believe that companies are using countries with lower wages to help them develop their communities. They are using them purely to reduce the cost of manufacturing.

For me the problem is generic "catalogue" products that are re-branded with company logos. ANYONE can do that with a little bit of cash and a brand. The real value comes from companies that are designing unique products that advance the evolution of product design in the mtb industry. The choice of where to manufacture that product then becomes the million pound question for that company. If a company is designing the product then the manufacturing of that product becomes easier due to the tolerances set at design. There are good and bad factories all over the world. I would like to see more transparency from companies as to where and who is manufacturing our products.