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Richard Schwinn on steel bicycle frames Long time ago, I worked at a small manufacturing business that had as its president a former buyer for a large department store (to keep them anonymous, let's just call them Beers Slowtruck). He used to regale me with stories of how he used to beat up Huffy, Roadmaster and Murray by threatening to go to Taiwan for bikes. A bike is just a bike, right? I'm sure there are lots of other reasons why bike mass-manufacturers have departed the US, but I'm pretty sure that this attitude was a large contributor. ...thanks, fritz...that was one of the most erudite, fascinating & worthwhile discussions i've heard in regard to the industry...props to both terry & schwinn for shedding some new & interesting light... Outlaw on a Schwinn Learn something every day - I've never heard of jail referred to as the "pokey". Maybe it's a Fritz-ism. First definition in the American Heritage Dictionary for pokey says, "A jail or prison."