Even so, at $760 in 1993 this was not an inexpensive bike. Ironically, I’m pretty sure that the pendulum has swung back and most if not all of Rocky Mountain’s bikes are made in Taiwan now. During these early years, the Fusion sat close to and sometimes at the bottom of the Rocky Mountain lineup. In the following year all the bikes including the Fusion were made in Canada. The 1989 model was made in Taiwan and I’m guessing that my 1990 bike was as well. By 1990, the year my bike was made, only the Fusion was not made in Canada. There was nothing unusual about this for the company, however, as in the previous year six out of nine of the Rocky Mountain models were imported. This bike’s frame was made overseas and then assembled in Canada. What I ended up using was a slightly scruffy Rocky Mountain Fusion frameset that had been kicking around, neglected, at Bikeworks North for several months. Preferably an older, good quality rigid mountain bike. By this time I was looking for something a little nicer for my winter ride. This bike served me well as my only bike for a couple of years before it was demoted to only winter service for two more years. This winter I retired my old winter ride, a 2007 Iron Horse Commuter. Introducing the 1990 Rocky Mountain Fusion
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