Originally Posted by
Lascauxcaveman
Taiwan, Republic of China, as they call themselves.
"You are in a helicopter." I.e. true, but irrelevant. It does not mean that something marked "Made in Taiwan" is "China made", any more than a product made in Mexico, which is in North America, is "American made".
* I didn't realize I hated it until I got my first Blackburn, with three solid legs going down on either side, and learned that a rack doesn't necessarily have to wobble side to side under moderate pedaling effort.
The very definition of a stable rack is one of the early Jim Blackburn SS-1 racks attached to a Trek sport-tour bike with braze-ons. Jim and the folks at Trek collaborated on spacing of the attachment points for a perfect fit. A rack so attached almost feels like an extension of the frame.