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JosephLMonti
05-15-07, 07:44 PM
From the looks of these photos (scroll down), it appears that Giatex was at the Taipei Cycle Show:

http://stridasingapore.com/forum/index.php?topic=118.0

But the Giatex web site suggests that they've shuttered their doors:

http://www.giatexbikes.com/

Anyone have info???

Shilun
05-15-07, 08:11 PM
No exactly sure about Giatex, but the following site has something almost identical.

http://slidingbike.com/
14R
05-15-07, 08:35 PM
Who is the target audience for this bike?

psykoocycle
05-16-07, 08:01 AM
I've seen lots of these around Toronto, would never buy one... I think they were being sold in china town for $99 a pop... I thought it was a rather funny design...
jur
05-16-07, 06:20 PM
Saw a favourable review of one of these here near the middle (http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/foldingbike.htm).
fireworkz
05-20-07, 12:30 AM
I spoke to the Giatex Importer here .. said that the company has winded up - probably poor sales.. The canadian site has the dear sir we have temporarily suspended ops.. etc... their new models looked good though.. the chiba series..
http://giatex.ca/images/bicycles/LCHIBA_560_16_alloy.jpg