October – Child’s Bicycle
I have been unable to find a child’s bicycle. If anyone knows of a child’s bicycle made in the USA. Please advise as a number of consumers are looking for the Made in USA label on children’s bikes.
Thanks!
NOTE**** Some websites are stating that Trek makes a childs bike. They do not….. Here is their response to my inquiry on 12/21/09.
“Currently, all of our children’s bikes are produced overseas. I don’t know of any company that produces their kid’s bikes in the US except for some high-end, low-volume BMX race bike companies.”
February 28th, 2012 at 1:41 am
I work as a mechanic at a shop and I’ve been desperately trying to find components to build a 100% USA made bicycle. In short: it’s impossible as there are no tire/tube manufacturers left in the US besides Coker(maybe). Very soon Velocity Rims will start production in FL, so there’s only rubber, cables and the chain left. It will be expensive, custom and steel, but would of course be very high quality if you sourced it mostly here. Expect to pay at least $2000. If you want external gears they can only come from Shimano(Japan–XTR/Dura-Ace) or Campagnolo(Italy–S Record, Record and Chorus). Shimano, Rohloff(Germany) and SRAM(Germany–I9) make the highest quality internally geared hubs. If you could find a vintage BMX it might have nearly all USA made components. BMX started here.