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"End of the month" according to the shop assistant / ' cycliste apparel aficionado' or whatever they call themselves in the store in London
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Touch of a NE twang peut etre?
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OK - me a bit further N - Durham.
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It may not be racist to not want things made in China but it is definitely nationalistic, which I am not a huge fan of either.
Given that if there were a burgeoning technical textiles industry in the UK, it probably wouldn't be located in your community or affect anyone you know. So what's the difference between helping Chinese people with their local economy or helping a British person with theirs?
As has been noted the vast amount of the profit for Rapha does stay in the UK. They are a design and marketing company, not a textiles producer.
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Jesus wept - do you have any idea how expensive Rapha would be if it were all handmade by men with artisan beards in the UK?
It's a global economy - get over it. If you want cycling gear made in the UK, and believe there is a market for it that is greater than just you, then start your own brand.
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Jesus wept - do you have any idea how expensive Rapha would be if it were all handmade by men with artisan beards in the UK?
It's a global economy - get over it. If you want cycling gear made in the UK, and believe there is a market for it that is greater than just you, then start your own brand.
Totally and utterly this.
Nearly everything is made in China - this is something people are going to have to accept.
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Given that if there were a burgeoning technical textiles industry in the UK, it probably wouldn't be located in your community or affect anyone you know.
There's not a burgeoning technical textiles industry in the UK, there's a declining one. Which is affecting people I know actually, I know several people who are expecting to be made redundant in the near future. They aren't in my community, they're in Chesterfield, but I know them. Actually I can't help thinking this debate would be VERY different if you had it in a pub in Chesterfield, not a London-centric fixie forum.
I already set out the differences - carbon emissions, health and safety standards, tax etc.
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I love Mamnick stuff, nearly all of which is made in the UK. The only product I can think of which isn't is the jeans which are made in Japan because everyone knows that's where the best selvedge comes from right.
Thom's prices are Rapha-esque, but somehow he manages to get stuff made in the UK, and the quality is fantastic too. How come he can do it and Rapha can't?
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It's all about the bottom line, dear boy.
It's the difference between making enough to live well and making enough to satisfy your shareholders and board of directors.
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By the way, personally I have no problem accepting that we live in a global economy and I have no problem buying things that aren't made here - I often do.
I just think it's not racist to question where something is made, or not want things made in China, given that there are numerous examples of low pay, poor working conditions, abuse and poor health and safety among Chinese manufacturers.
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"Aint' Chinese manufacturing great"
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Fundamentally, if there were UK manufacturers who were able to produce the amount that the Chinese could for the money that organisations like Rapha et al are prepared to pay, then it would all be made in the UK.
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