There’s a really good interview with Ken Spaulding of Zodiac Engineering on The Merged. He covers a lot of different topics (he basically says that they’re making the John Povah designed T1 stem that has been in the works for years) but one of the most interesting is that he’s working with Animal:

“I really like where Animal is headed. They are slowly bringing parts production back to The States, and that is something am personally very passionate about.”

The photo above is a prototype Animal sprocket that Zodiac made. I’m sure Animal’s production will stay primarily overseas for a long time, but the ramifications of Animal moving even some of their production back to the states could have a huge effect on the industry. In fact this is probably the first time I’ve EVER heard of a parts company who gets their stuff made in Taiwan moving any of their production back home. Very interesting.

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