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26-04.-2008, 12:52 PM
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Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
I see in PEZ cycling news they have an interview with a guy from Scott bikes & say they're Swiss made and yet whenever I see Scott bikes they're SCOTT USA.
Two countries bikes with the same name or is someone confused?  |
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26-04.-2008, 02:47 PM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
Just to add to the confusion, all the Scott carbon bikes I'm aware of are made in Asia. Not that that is bad.
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26-04.-2008, 10:03 PM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
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Mostly made 'offshore', in Asia. I believe Scott is a European company, with Scott USA as a part. |
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26-04.-2008, 11:00 PM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
I actually had a 07 Scott catalog that went in to detail about their carbon technology. One of the inset pictures showed a group of asian men in a organized factory setting with the oven/press equipment used in the process of constructing their frames. I believe it was in Tiawan and the tooling really looked impressive.
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27-04.-2008, 01:26 PM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
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Perhaps this page can shed some light: http://allanti.com/page.cfm?PageID=328 |
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28-04.-2008, 03:59 AM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
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'Perhaps' is correct..EXCELLENT overview. |
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05-05.-2008, 11:22 PM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
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Scott USA = cycling, skiing, goggles, etc. Scott USA bikes started to slide down hill in late 80s. Shifted their market to Europe where they were taking off Scott = Scott USA (combined) Scott produces their frames in China and Taiwan. Pretty good frames actually. |
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06-05.-2008, 11:33 AM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
+1. Thanks to OBC for posting the link to this informative report.
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06-05.-2008, 11:57 AM
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Re: Are the 2 countries making/giving name to SCOTT bikes?
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One who reads that page can most likely presume that the Asians have become expert carbon fiber bike builders. I quoted this part about Waterford from the article: "Marc is now one of the most respected bike designers in the entire bicycle industry. And Waterford, with a one hundred year heritage in bicycle manufacturing, continues to make a winning, world class frames one at a time." No doubt their frame's are great and probably the greatest thing being that one can have one made to personally fit. I think the one hundred year heritage part to be laid on kinda thick despite the fact that Marc was once a Schwinn employee. Not really picking on Waterford but you can kind a tell the bike preference of the auther writing all this stuff up. Pretty effin hard to have everything made in the USA, I mean components, wheels, ect. besides the frame. |
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