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New Year weight loss plans ???
Just checked, thank you Jim :^)
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Any idea how can I find out the location of my closest fruit wholesaler?
("Jim Burns" wrote) Absolutely. Check your email. If anyone else would like me to check their area, let me know. Me too please. 55434 (Blaine, MN) or probably better ....Mpls. Montblack |
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Grumman-581 wrote:
"Mark Hickey" wrote in message ... It helps that I own a company that builds titanium bikes - less impact on W&B. I checked out your website and saw that your frames are made in China... I was over at the bike shop a couple of weeks ago looking for a new bike for my daughter and noticed that *all* the bikes were either made in China or Taiwan... Doesn't *anyone* make a bike in the USA anymore? Frames cost $8 to make in China... http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec...47a63355fc8c86 My bikes (Giant) use Chinese frames and they really are very durable. Imagine if extrapolated into the aircraft market.... |
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"Grumman-581" wrote:
"Mark Hickey" wrote in message .. . It helps that I own a company that builds titanium bikes - less impact on W&B. I checked out your website and saw that your frames are made in China... I was over at the bike shop a couple of weeks ago looking for a new bike for my daughter and noticed that *all* the bikes were either made in China or Taiwan... Doesn't *anyone* make a bike in the USA anymore? Not too many make frames in the USA any longer - there are some "artisan shops" that turn out relatively expensive frames, often with aesthetic touches that can't be found on most "production frames"... but the cost of labor, and probably equally important - the cost of meeting environmental restrictions when welding and painting - have driven most production overseas. I happened to get into the business with the Chinese because I lived in China for a couple years, and was introduced to a group of aerospace fabricators who had been spun off the Long March rocket booster program. I was very much impressed with the welders' art (which is obvious on a single-pass TIG weld), and have been bringing in the frames and selling them worldwide for over 10 years. The built bikes are assembled in the US though (although there are almost no viable US-sourced components). Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com |
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"JohnH" wrote:
Grumman-581 wrote: "Mark Hickey" wrote in message ... It helps that I own a company that builds titanium bikes - less impact on W&B. I checked out your website and saw that your frames are made in China... I was over at the bike shop a couple of weeks ago looking for a new bike for my daughter and noticed that *all* the bikes were either made in China or Taiwan... Doesn't *anyone* make a bike in the USA anymore? Frames cost $8 to make in China... http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec...47a63355fc8c86 My bikes (Giant) use Chinese frames and they really are very durable. They really are quite good for the price - not too nice aesthetically (and I'm pretty certain I wouldn't fly an aircraft built in the same way...), but a heck of a deal for an aluminum frame. FWIW, the frames I buy cost MANY times more than $8. Many, many times. Imagine if extrapolated into the aircraft market.... Easy - all you gotta do is order a few hundred thousand of 'em.... Mark Hickey |
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Jose wrote:
I'm pretty evangelistic about bike commuting too ... of course you arrive at work all sweaty. Not a problem if there are showers at your place of work. Besides, where I've done it (Florida and Arizona) you get all sweaty just walking across the parking lot (not to mention actually getting into a four-wheel sauna after work). Mark Hickey |
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"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
... Jose wrote: I'm pretty evangelistic about bike commuting too ... of course you arrive at work all sweaty. Not a problem if there are showers at your place of work. Besides, where I've done it (Florida and Arizona) you get all sweaty just walking across the parking lot (not to mention actually getting into a four-wheel sauna after work). Mark Hickey Big difference between Florida and Arizona... I can take 100 all day in Arizona but put me in Florida at anything over about 75 degrees (with that humidity...) and I'm miserable in about 10 minutes. I don't even care for Michigan summers anymore (been in the desert since '97) Jay Beckman PP-ASEL AZ Cloudbusters Chandler, AZ |
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The next question will be "Doesn't *anyone* make a car in the USA anymore?"
"Mark Hickey" wrote in message news "Grumman-581" wrote: "Mark Hickey" wrote in message . .. It helps that I own a company that builds titanium bikes - less impact on W&B. I checked out your website and saw that your frames are made in China... I was over at the bike shop a couple of weeks ago looking for a new bike for my daughter and noticed that *all* the bikes were either made in China or Taiwan... Doesn't *anyone* make a bike in the USA anymore? Not too many make frames in the USA any longer - there are some "artisan shops" that turn out relatively expensive frames, often with aesthetic touches that can't be found on most "production frames"... but the cost of labor, and probably equally important - the cost of meeting environmental restrictions when welding and painting - have driven most production overseas. I happened to get into the business with the Chinese because I lived in China for a couple years, and was introduced to a group of aerospace fabricators who had been spun off the Long March rocket booster program. I was very much impressed with the welders' art (which is obvious on a single-pass TIG weld), and have been bringing in the frames and selling them worldwide for over 10 years. The built bikes are assembled in the US though (although there are almost no viable US-sourced components). Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com |
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"Jim Burns" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:9MZtf.453032$084.446405@attbi_s22... Any idea how can I find out the location of my closest fruit wholesaler? -- Jay Honeck Absolutely. Check your email. If anyone else would like me to check their area, let me know. Jim I'm curious also. Zip 49001 blueskies at ameritech.net Thanks! |
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Montblack wrote:
(Necessary Aviation Content: Weight) (Necessary Aviation Content - Part Deux: Piper entrance and egress) Anyone looking to shed 'a few' pounds this year? If you've succeeded it in the past, want to share your story? Montblack If food is my cocaine, I'm the Darryl Strawberry of weight loss plans. (Mmm... strawberries) Weigh****chers, go to the meetings, follow the plan, eat good food, but pay attention to what you eat. I lost 20 Ron lost 50. Margy |
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