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One of the Rapha guys is interviewed in Cycling Plus; they tried UK manufacture but no-one could get the stock to them on time or with all the arms attached.
they also point out that they are using fabric of quality that no-one else does whIch might be debatable.
Re. the made in China debate, I followed a thread on another forum about a snowboard company who moved their production to China with huge reluctance and found their stuff came back better than any US facility could manage. They visited the factory and found a team of people obsessed with making the product better and cheaper in a 'proper' light industrial factory unit. It ain't all sweatshops any more.