Brian Tunney over at ESPN just posted a great article about The resurgence of US-made BMX frames.
It talks about how the gap is starting to close price-wise between US-made frames and frames made overseas. With the growing costs of both international shipping and production in Taiwan (where most BMX frames are produced) the price advantage that Taiwan had over the US, for many years now, might be a thing of the past.
In the article, Tunney was surprised to learn that:
...between the rising costs of steel on top of stricter overseas regulations and increased shipping costs, the price gap between a US-made frame and an overseas frame is shrinking.
That’s pretty incredible, but check out this statement:
In some cases, a US-made frame such as an S&M might even be cheaper than a Taiwan-produced frame…
Who would have thunk it?
Could we see a return to something similar to the 80s when most premier BMX frames were made in the US?
Looks like it might very well happen.
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