Thank you bfd for the interesting correction. It is ironic that you mention Lemond since Sandvik once made his Ti bikes. I did not realize they were still around.
I thought when Colorado Cyclist first had the Douglas name it said handmade in TN. Did they and then change suppliers? Maybe I'm thinking of another brand.
vaxn8r there is some interesting reading on the subject in the Merlin threads. It starts out a Kudo's to Merlin. (A person who really likes their bike.) Tom got into it and referred someone over to the Spectrum site where there again was interesting reading. What made it interesting were folks who owned more than one ti bike and compared them. I believe one person had a Spectrum, Seven and Serotta for example.