“Made in” has a mandatory % of the product value source rule. You cannot make everything in Taiwan, pack in Italy and place a “made in Italy” sticker on it. The point you can play with is the definition of the value added on the internal operations. Anyhow it will be hard to reach a % of the value made in Italy if all the parts are made in far east.

Keep believing what you believe. The reality is another. Again, flip the boxes and read. If 80% (if i remember correctly) of product value is made in Italy, you can write made in Italy. If else, you cannot. That’s the law and there are some pretty hefty fines for not respecting this. Anyhow on cassettes and chains they are entirely made in Italy, insiders info.

I’d give some thought to what “made” can mean. Oliver is more likely right, these are “made” (“packed”?) from parts and materials sourced globally into components in Italy.

I’d bet my bikes that the electronics and servos in the wireless derailleurs are not made in Europe, for instance. I think the same is likely true of many of the forgings and carbon moldings that make up these parts.

I find that Japanese and Taiwanese production quality is generally superior to Italian.

That 45/11 won’t feel as fast as you hope if you’re having to pour any power into it to make that 30mph.Small cogs are draggy, more so than bench testing indicates. The 10T cogs are much worse.

No offense, but this is just a (biased?) assumption, and from my experience not true.
I know a few people who could afford this group, and would or have been willing to spend this amount of money on a groupset. They all work on their bikes extensively.

I do think it would benefit SRAM to offer the group without the computer and they very likely will. But the integration is really outstanding. I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t want to use it over what they have so long as it’s included.

YBN chains. Recon cassettes. Neither – obviously – are made in Vicenza. Probably you’ll want to say something about their wheels still being made in Italy, as I hear dealers repeating often …. AFAIK the only Italy-made component of their wheels are the spokes (Alpina) … there’s a faint possibility that some of the freehub bodies are still made in Vicenza, but I really doubt it.

You have very wrong information and should avoid posting information you’re not sure about. Just flip the boxes of the groupset and you’ll have a clear picture. The wireless groupset is mainly made in Italy.