Folding Bikes - Ikea UK gives away 9000 folding bikes to employees

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SesameCrunch
12-21-06, 10:08 AM
What a great idea!

"It's a Håppî Christmüs from Sweden as Ikea UK gives all 9000 'co-workers' folding bikes as this year's corporate gift. The largesse is even more impressive when put into market context: Brompton, for instance, sells c. 12,000 folding bikes a year so this move from Ikea is a big boost to the folding bike sector (and, from later tonight, there's likely to be a fair few blue folding bikes on eBay...)"

Full story here:
http://bikebiz.com/Ikea-gifts-9000-folding-bikes-to-staffH


LittlePixel
12-21-06, 11:11 AM
Döes it comë apart with jüst one allen key?

LittlePixel
12-31-06, 10:22 AM
As predicted by someone - you cannot *move* on ebay.uk for these critters being offloaded. Kind of sad the staff members couldn't think beyond hawking them and maybe even try riding them to work.

(Though if they'd splashed a bit more and given people Bromptons or the Raleigh/Dahon Boardwalk clone I think maybe more people might have given them a try)


LittlePixel
12-31-06, 12:34 PM
PS: Yes

PPS: Tiny!