Made in the USA

You look down at your bikes head tube and see the sticker "Made in China", well you are not alone in riding a Chinese made bicycle. As reported in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, July 8, 2008, the United States remails China's top market. Last year, U.S. importers brought in 17.3 million Chinese-made bikes-96 percent of total bicycle imports in 2007. In other words, 24 or 25 bicycles sold in the United States are made in China. It may be challenging to buy a Made in the USA bicycle; the U.S. made bicycles we carry are recumbent trikes, Catrike .

It is not difficult to find bicycle clothing and accessories made in the United States. This page is a sampling of companies and their products-most are linked to their web site.

Spiral Bike Flags -SoundWinds/Air Arts	SoundWinds/AirArts was started by David Ti in 1980. He is one of the original and only remaining windsox craftspersons in the Seattle Washington area and one of the very few still making a go of producing quality banners and windsox in the United States			2009 marks Mt. Borah's twelfth season of manufacturing high quality outdoor apparel. They have been operating in Coon Valley Wisconsin for the past 10 of their twelve years.

		Bicycle kickstands are just one of the items offered by Greenfield Industries. Located in Freeport New York they have a 40 year track record of engineering excellence.			California Springs is a USA based bottle manufacting company-located in -California. They are a 25 year old company.

			Wald has been a bicycle parts manufacturer in Maysville Kentucky since 1924. Installing one of their baskets on your bike allows you to bring home a gallon of milk instead of burning through gasoline.

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