Originally Posted by
Lombard
Well there is a big difference in a known name brand frame being built in Taiwan than a knock off brand. Known name brand frames are built to spec no matter where they are built and have tons of R&D behind them.
Furthermore, some of the best carbon technology comes from Taiwan. Mainland China is a different story.
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Our Chinese manufactured Tesla has better build quality than our US built one. The Chinese factory is new with improved QC. It just happens to be located in China.
Tawain happens to have developed industry-leading carbon production facilities with the experienced, specialist labour to match. Where I live in the F1 capital of the world (Silverstone) we also have specialist carbon production experience, but not in mass-production. You need an experienced, skilled labour force to produce quality carbon components - especially relatively complex load-bearing profiles - like lightweight performance bike frames.