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man, I used to be a crazy biker. did absolutely everything on a bike. I still consider myself one although Im hardly ever on a bike anymore. too much work and family. Ive got the first kid on a bike, working on getting the second on two wheels now.

its been decades like that. time does fly though.

https://www.climbing.com/news/gear-institution-omega-pacific-is-closing/ ill be damned. thats sad. So you have Rock Exotica, Wales, Italy, France, Taiwan and China to choose from. I believe Petzl, Kong, and CT use Taiwan for some of their biners as well.

Pretty much all of them. I haven't seen a bike in a while that wasn't made in taiwan. Cheap ones made in china, high end stuff is almost entirely taiwan. The components as well and the precision on that stuff far exceeds tree climbing gear. Campangnolo is still in italy for some super high...

Great bikes come out of taiwan

Black diamond is all made in taiwan. Rock exotica and omega pacific are the only biners made in the states I'm pretty sure. For a while RE was making a lot of petzl biners, but not anymore. I dont see why it would make any difference if it's made in taiwan or Wales or france or italy...