Does It Matter Where Your Bike Is Made? | The GCN Tech Show Ep.18

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It's the GCN Tech Show. On this weeks edition we discuss whether it really matters where your bike is made. We've also got new helmets, a new gravel bike and possibly the safest bike ever.

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With growing carbon expertise in the Far East, unsurprisingly much of the bike industries carbon production takes place there. We discuss whether this is a good or bad thing for the cycling world.

The show includes all the regular segments, the GCN Tech wall of fame, bike of the week and the bike vault.

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