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The problem is 1) bicycles are made in Asia (for decades) for their market (we just import it), 2) so a lot of different manufacturers, 3) stealing bikes isn't such a big problem in e.g. China, 4) expensive gear catches of thiefs, a bicycle is easy to take (most sold locks are a joke, the good ones are very heavy/unpractical)

Better make the hi-tech stuff invisible, hide it in the bicycle frame - putting motors, akku packs, cameras inside the frame is doable. Some spend 5k to 10k for a new bike, so there is a market.




I doubt asian produced bikes dominate the market in the west. See eg http://www.conebi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/European-Bic... - 7M imported and 13M produced in 2015. The asian industry is also much younger so the "decades" is not really an advantage.


Most bikes in US and Western Europe are made in China. Then they get shipped in parts to US and Western Europe and the bikes are assembled there. Often enough such small tasks count to label it made in xy.

Only smaller volumn hand made premium bikes are made locally.

Also bikes get imported from low cost countries with cheap labor like East Europe and China since at least 1990.




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