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Who makes Scott carbon frames?
My friend recently bought a Scott CR-1 Pro frameset for an excellent
price of $1200. He's a pro-union guy and wants to know whether the mfr of Scott carbon frames in Taiwan is "unionized"? Anyone know who makes Scott carbon frames and whether the shop is union? Thanks! |
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Who makes Scott carbon frames?
"bfd" wrote:
My friend recently bought a Scott CR-1 Pro frameset for an excellent price of $1200. He's a pro-union guy and wants to know whether the mfr of Scott carbon frames in Taiwan is "unionized"? Anyone know who makes Scott carbon frames and whether the shop is union? Thanks! Since it's after the fact, I'd just give him the following answer--which may or may not have absolutely any relationship to the truth: Not only is the Taiwanese Mei-Peng-Wan factory unionized, but they spend in excess of 12% of annual payroll on worker health care benefits, offer industry-leading child care facilities, meet or exceed all occupational safety and health regulations, and are rated by CorporateWatch.org as one of the paragons of manufacturing excellence vis-a-vis employee relations. ....since he already bought the bike ..... I actually have no idea. ;-) -- Live simply so that others may simply live |
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bfd wrote:
My friend recently bought a Scott CR-1 Pro frameset for an excellent price of $1200. He's a pro-union guy and wants to know whether the mfr of Scott carbon frames in Taiwan is "unionized"? Anyone know who makes Scott carbon frames and whether the shop is union? Thanks! Nice frame! I heard thay are made in China by Ten Tech (sp?). No idea if they are a union shop or not. ;-) |
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Who makes Scott carbon frames?
Come on, I need some real data as to at least who makes the frame. It
would be "classic" if it was a low-wage paying plant that worked its workers 12 hours per day at $2.00 an hour..... |
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"bfd" wrote:
Come on, I need some real data as to at least who makes the frame. It would be "classic" if it was a low-wage paying plant that worked its workers 12 hours per day at $2.00 an hour..... Aw, dude. Yer killin' me. I can get you a *bit* closer to the real answer... http://forums.roadbikereview.com/sho...d.php?p=318928 -- Live simply so that others may simply live |
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Neil Brooks wrote: "bfd" wrote: Come on, I need some real data as to at least who makes the frame. It would be "classic" if it was a low-wage paying plant that worked its workers 12 hours per day at $2.00 an hour..... Aw, dude. Yer killin' me. I can get you a *bit* closer to the real answer... http://forums.roadbikereview.com/sho...d.php?p=318928 -- Live simply so that others may simply live Some months ago I was curious about the Fuji Pro full carbon frame and was trying to find out what "c7" carbon was. Did a google search and found a link to a manufacturer in Taiwan (can't remember the name and don't care enough to look for it again) that would, for large enough orders, build carbon bikes for anyone, using the various carbon tubes and "joining techniques". They had some 'stock' frames, too. It's freaking scary how similar so many of the various hi$$$ carbon frames are. Anyone who wants to buy 50 frames can have his own 'custom design' bikes and can make whatever claims they want about all the R&D work they did, how their's is different/lighter/better than the competition's, etc. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to compare a Fuji Pro and a Scott CR1 and conclude they sure as hell at least look alike. I'd even be willing to venture that if you had 'em side by side w/out decals or other markings, most folks couldn't tell 'em apart after test rides. Sure can tell the difference in price, though. |
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China? Unions? Hah, that's a funny one!!
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On 23 Nov 2005 11:27:44 -0800, "bfd" wrote:
Come on, I need some real data as to at least who makes the frame. It would be "classic" if it was a low-wage paying plant that worked its workers 12 hours per day at $2.00 an hour..... $2 an hour is pretty generous. More like $1, probably. Jasper |
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Eagle Jackson wrote: China? Unions? Hah, that's a funny one!! There is nothing funny about that one at all: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=4920 Granted the unions in China are nothing akin to what we traditionally would think are unions, but still.... It takes a Communist nation to bust Wal-mart. The irony of it all..... |
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