Recently in a thread on www.roadbikereview.com a poster claimed that because Velocite wheels use rims that are made by Gigantex that they are the same as any other wheelset of similar lineage. This is c**p. We have three brands of wheels with Gigantex rims (Velocite, Edge, Pro-Lite), and all three brands are significantly different from each other and satisfy different performance parameters.

Tags: Gigantex | made in taiwan | edge design | wheels | litewind | litespeed | Velocite | Bolzano | Gavia | Pro-Lite

Most people are aware by now that the majority of bicycles and bicycle components are made in Taiwan, and at times in China. China is a particularly popular destination for sourcing of carbon fiber frames - especially the hand made monocoque designs that are very labour intensive.

The "interesting" thing is that many multinational bike and component brands still insist on claiming that their products were made in their own country: Italy, France, Germany, etc. 

While technically this may be correct due to the laws of origin in some countries that define the product's origin based on percentage of work performed to deliver the finished product to the customer, the consumer invariably assumes that the entire product was made in the claimed country of origin.

Tags: manufacturer | suspension | where they are made | origin | frame | made in taiwan