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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Any idea how can I find out the location of my closest fruit wholesaler?
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Jay Honeck

Absolutely. Check your email. If anyone else would like me to check their
area, let me know.
Jim

Jim wrote:
Absolutely. Check your email. If anyone else would like me to check their
area, let me know.

Yes please Jim. Northern Virginia zip code 20164. Thank you.

The Monk

Mark Hickey wrote:
It helps that I own a company that builds titanium bikes - less impact on W&B.

Got a link to your company's website? you can email if you prefer
chaisone(at)yahoo.com.

The Monk

Thanks Martin.

The Monk

Darrel Toepfer wrote:
Grumman-581 wrote:

I checked out your website and saw that your frames are made in
China... I
was over at the bike shop a couple of weeks ago looking for a new bike
for
my daughter and noticed that *all* the bikes were either made in China or
Taiwan... Doesn't *anyone* make a bike in the USA anymore?


One guy builds frames here in Louisiana. Its for the xtreme sports
people who do stunts and dirt racing. Used to build them here @4R7 and
then moved his operation to Baton Rouge...

There's a man near me who makes his frames in his own shop using, get
this, no power tools! He has a peddle operated grinder and other man
powered tools that he uses. Of course, many of his components are
imported as I don't think there are any US makers of brakes,
derailleurs, etc.

Check it out at: http://www.oswaldcycleworks.com/

I bought a couple of Fuji bikes there two years ago and Tom was a great
guy to deal with.

Matt

Monk,
Check your gmail.
Any questions, just ask.
Jim

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:
Absolutely. Check your email. If anyone else would like me to check
their
area, let me know.

Yes please Jim. Northern Virginia zip code 20164. Thank you.

The Monk

Just checked, thank you Jim :^)

The Monk

Any idea how can I find out the location of my closest fruit wholesaler?

("Jim Burns" wrote)
Absolutely. Check your email. If anyone else would like me to check their
area, let me know.


Me too please. 55434 (Blaine, MN) or probably better ....Mpls.


Montblack

Grumman-581 wrote:
"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
...
It helps that I own a company that builds
titanium bikes - less impact on W&B.

I checked out your website and saw that your frames are made in
China... I was over at the bike shop a couple of weeks ago looking
for a new bike for my daughter and noticed that *all* the bikes were
either made in China or Taiwan... Doesn't *anyone* make a bike in the
USA anymore?

Frames cost $8 to make in China...

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec...47a63355fc8c86

My bikes (Giant) use Chinese frames and they really are very durable.

Imagine if extrapolated into the aircraft market....

"Grumman-581" wrote:

"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
.. .
It helps that I own a company that builds
titanium bikes - less impact on W&B.

I checked out your website and saw that your frames are made in China... I
was over at the bike shop a couple of weeks ago looking for a new bike for
my daughter and noticed that *all* the bikes were either made in China or
Taiwan... Doesn't *anyone* make a bike in the USA anymore?

Not too many make frames in the USA any longer - there are some
"artisan shops" that turn out relatively expensive frames, often with
aesthetic touches that can't be found on most "production frames"...
but the cost of labor, and probably equally important - the cost of
meeting environmental restrictions when welding and painting - have
driven most production overseas.

I happened to get into the business with the Chinese because I lived
in China for a couple years, and was introduced to a group of
aerospace fabricators who had been spun off the Long March rocket
booster program. I was very much impressed with the welders' art
(which is obvious on a single-pass TIG weld), and have been bringing
in the frames and selling them worldwide for over 10 years.

The built bikes are assembled in the US though (although there are
almost no viable US-sourced components).

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com