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2 Comments for "Wright Lecture Series to feature "Creating a Better Bicycle""

1. I won't be able to attend, but would be interested to hear how a Trek rep touts the environmentalism and sustainability of a company that has progressively moved more and more production to China and Taiwan. You have to spend $4000+ to buy a new Trek road bike that is made in America. I assume the reason for this is 1) cheaper labor, and 2) less stringent environmental standards in Asia. Trek is not alone in doing this, obviously. And I have a fairly expensive Trek bike that was made in Taiwan. It's a great bike, but was in no way made in Wisconsin.

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   rivwst Mar 28, 2011 4:44 PM

2. You're right... the Taiwanese bike frames are nice. The vast majority of all bikes are made there.
   
   I would also be interested in hearing about the other points you made. I know when they were (are?) making metal frames in Waterloo that they powdercoated the frames, and captured and reused the excess that came off of the frame before baking. I suppose that's one example, but I am curious about what else they are doing.
   
   I've also heard that there's no great way to deal with/recycle the carbon fiber stuff after it's wrecked. If that's true, then there are environmental impacts there as well.

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   racerdave Mar 28, 2011 8:26 PM

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