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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/8/2025 8:56am
Here's the official word from KHS: KHS distribution to close (unless buyer found) Published October 8, 2025 RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif. (BRAIN) — The KHS U.S. distribution business will close at the end of the year as its founders, Wen & Susah Hsieh, retire after a half century of running the business. The KHS and Free Agent bike brands will continue to be sold in other markets, and the brand’s Taiwan factory, United Engineering Corporation, founded by Wen Hsieh’s brother Jack, is a separate business that also will continue. Wayne D. Gray, vice president of the U.S. business, said the U.S...
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/7/2025 1:12pm I'm pointing it out not because a brand ought to go with VPP or Crab Link for their ebike, but because the 'Cruz explained in their podcast that VPP didn't fly with the new bosch motor, and yet - here's another brand launching a VPP ebike after the Vala (although admittedly I can't see what motor Intense is using in...
Jotegr Added a comment about bike check Evil The Wreckoning "Renault 5 Turbo 1981" Custom paintjob
10/7/2025 1:03pm
It probably isn't a good idea if our guy does that, he put his name on the side of the car.
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Jotegr Added a comment about bike check Evil The Wreckoning "Renault 5 Turbo 1981" Custom paintjob
10/7/2025 1:02pm
Great custom paint job, normally when someone uses stickers instead of painted decals I'm less stoked but I think it's probably more authentic in this case?
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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/7/2025 12:45pm
When this thread will come in handy again it will be burried and forgotten by the Internet. Just as we discussed already here. People leave industries after painful cycles so they are bound to repeat.
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Jotegr Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/7/2025 12:44pm Interesting that another VPP brand manages to squeeze the platform onto an ebike.
DenyeR Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/7/2025 11:56am
New Tazer eBike from intense. Looks carbon and Bosch powered.
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ksquinn32 Liked a comment about bike check Evil The Wreckoning "Renault 5 Turbo 1981" Custom paintjob
10/7/2025 11:41am
Tell me more about these self lubricating bronze pistons. Do you mean bronze or brass?
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6pri1b Liked a bike check Evil The Wreckoning "Renault 5 Turbo 1981" Custom paintjob
10/7/2025 8:20am
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Jotegr Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/6/2025 4:48pm That's just something I'd have no idea about as a Canadian... but good Lord I hope the B2B was better than that website. Shame they couldn't see the writing on the wall and cull the bikes before too late, if that really was a big problem for them. This does raise an interesting topic though that I'd be happy to...
Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/6/2025 4:38pm
KHS does a decent parts distribution business.. They my #2 to order from at 2 of the last 3 shops i worked at.. I think that's what kept them going. The bikes are probably what dragged them down.
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jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/6/2025 4:05pm
source on KHS? they're one of those brands that i'm kinda surprised is still around, couldn't tell you the last time i saw one in person.
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/6/2025 4:03pm
An industry group I belong to on FB.. Several dealers said they were told this by their reps.. I think they were surviving based on distribution more than bikes.. Plus, the big 3 have done a better job on cheaper bikes. KHS used to be a pretty good value, but not from what I've seen over the past 10 years or so..
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Jotegr Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/6/2025 4:09pm A bit of a shame as my first bike was a KHS hardtail, but KHS has been wholly irrelevant since like 2012 (or realistically after whenever the last time Binggeli rode rampage), frankly I'm surprised it took this long. I don't know why a dealer would ever sell KHS when there's dozens of brands that offer way better mid- and...
PisgahGnar Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/6/2025 2:28pm
Hilarious this is now hidden due to downvotes 🤣
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sweaman22 Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/6/2025 2:28pm
Sneaky name change caught me out...... Loved the pod cast.
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JerseyMojo Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/3/2025 10:19am
Just a short note re warranties - I had a chat with a carbon rim supplier a couple of years ago when discussing warranties, from what the supplier implied, they take out an insurance policy for each rim. The premium was only a small amount per rim - around £30-£40. It wasn't annual either, it was a simple one-off payment.
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/3/2025 10:06am
Boy, for personal reasons I hope you are right but I'd bet a lot of money this gets settled outside of court. What I really want to see happen is the "IP" Strava has is invalidated. I still can't believe matching data is somehow something you can patent in the modern era, meanwhile the transformer was something Google just let sit on a shelf. Mind blowing.
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/3/2025 10:06am
Power to the People: Do you all want this thread locked being we've hit the two year mark and a new one created or should it persist? How to Vote Thumbs Up - Lock It Thumbs Down - Keep It Open Voting window is through the weekend.
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Jotegr Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread
10/3/2025 10:21am Sspomer can you please lock this thread in 5 hours and 11 minutes? Thanks. Edit: I think we should probably have a warranty cost-benefit discussion thread or continue it here as I think it would be an appropriate topic in the "economics and the business of mountain biking" successor thread to this one (if that happens), or whatever we want...