I’m shopping for a new or close to it carbon full suspension XC/downcountry bike.
There are some great companies in Canada (Norco) Switzerland (BMC) USA (Pivot, Santa Cruz) Germany (YT) whose FS carbon XC/downcountry bikes are on my short list. Where things are made does matter to me, but its not the be-all and I am realistic about the state of world manufacturing. Since all of the above do not readily disclose I am posting to ask if we think there is anything about the nominal nationality of the companies that makes a meaningful difference to the bikes in a physical sense. I do appreciate that a bike being “designed and tested” somewhere is not nothing.
Happy 2023 all.
There are some great companies in Canada (Norco) Switzerland (BMC) USA (Pivot, Santa Cruz) Germany (YT) whose FS carbon XC/downcountry bikes are on my short list. Where things are made does matter to me, but its not the be-all and I am realistic about the state of world manufacturing. Since all of the above do not readily disclose I am posting to ask if we think there is anything about the nominal nationality of the companies that makes a meaningful difference to the bikes in a physical sense. I do appreciate that a bike being “designed and tested” somewhere is not nothing.
Happy 2023 all.