Still involved in designing and marketing his brand, Gary is a popular figure at bicycle industry events.

The blog and post have now gone from the web along with the Allanti Bicycle Company but I have been able to get a copy of that original post which I have reproduced here.

Bicycle manufacturing is still very much in Asia despite what is maybe stated on your bicycle and there are still a few major players making bicycles for others.

And one of those secrets is where your bike is made or who actually made it.

The bike companies like it that way because many of them rely upon the same factories to build their bikes.

For example, Brand Y actually builds the frame in Country X and puts it on their assembly line to assemble it into a complete bicycle with Shimano components from Japan, wheels, handlebars, stem, and seat post from Taiwan, tires from Germany, and a seat and handlebar tape from China.

The sticker on the bike says Made in Country X when only the frame and the final assembly were done in Country X (using components from other countries).

The frame goes through the same assembly process and receives the same Made in Country X sticker.

The only difference is that the frame was made in Taiwan, not Country X.

This practice is a little more controversial, but it occurs frequently with European brands.

In my opinion, it would clear up a bit of confusion is the stickers said Assembled in Country X.

This is very common with high end brands especially European brand carbon frames.

Consumers are entitled to a transparent process with accurate information that is not misleading.

Both were turn of thecentury family owned companies, manufactured their own bicycles, were popular brands in their respective countries, fell upon hard times, were eventually sold, moved substantially all of their production to Asia, and have seen a resurgence in the past few years under new owners.

It used to be that Reparto Corse (RC) meant the race department where highend bikes were made.

Now it is used as a sort of branding logo to name the upperend bikes that get the RC design and marketing treatment.

For example, the carbon RC frames are made by Advanced International Multitech (a Taiwanese carbon manufacturer of bike parts, baseball bats, golf shafts, arrows, fishing poles, etc.) and the aluminium frames are made by Taiwan Hodaka.

I also understand that the frames with foam injection have the injection process completed there, even if the frames come from Asia.

Cannondale is now owned by its key investment fund after experiencing financial problems.

Cannondales market share appears to have diminished but stabilized.

Cannondale is now part of Dorel Industries Inc who also own the GT Bicycles, Schwinn, Mongose, and Sugoi brands.

On January 28, 2014 Bike Europe posted that Dorel Industries Inc had announced that Cannondale operations currently performed at Bedford, including manufacturing, assembly, testing, quality control and customer and technical services are expected to be redeployed by the end of calendar 2014 read moved off-shore.

It is my understanding that the frames will be sourced from Asia with the final assembly at Treviglio.

After struggling with his own bicycle company, he sold his brand to Trek Bicycle Company.

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