but early Giants and other Taiwan made bikes like the mid to late 70s Raleighs & SCHWINNS ARE SUPER WELL MADE AND INDESTRUCTABLE.
The problem with a pissing match is that the statements made begin to grow well beyond the reality. The early Giant built Schwinn's were poorly made, fortunately for GIANT, SCHWINN badly needed their low labor cost production ability. SCHWINN relocated Frank Brilando (Schwinn's head engineer) to live in Tiawan and be at the Giant Factory daily to oversee the production and train them on quality manufacturing.
This information comes from a guy that has been both a dealer, and a management employee for both brands.
John