it sux all around. a few yrs ago when cdale went bankrupt, they got rid of the controlling family, it was bought by an investment firm, then dorel bought it. if they hadn't, it would have been done already.
it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that it is really expensive to build things here. that's why cdale was in bedford to begin with; the old corp HQ was in CT, bedford had cheap labor. I guess not cheap enough.
taiwan is the world leader in bicycle production, have been for some time. very easy to get a line built there. what surprises me, however, is that they would be in taiwan instead of the ROC, since the mainland is coming on strong w/ higher end bikes (they dominate the lower end market).
yrs ago, the line sold to the consumer is that outsourcing would lower prices, yeah, right. cdale makes high end, high priced stuff. the retail prices will stay high; the $4mil 'saved' just means higher profits. no money saved to the consumer at all.