Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Maxway bikes in Taiwan

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/track-bicycle-frame.htm

Can someone tell me some more about these frames? Are they good quality and worth it? I'm in Taiwan right now, (Taipei), might be stopping by Taichung though. Let me know.. thanks!

You can probably find those same frames anywhere else, but with a major bike brand's name on it.

maxway is the the most advanced steel frame building factory in taiwan. they produce the high end steel frames industry wide. including brands like lemond, jamis, surly, etc...

not sure if they do other materials though...

you likely can't buy just one.

you likely can't buy just one.

Buy a bunch and bring them over to the US-o-A.

Buy a bunch and bring them over to the US-o-A.

Totally, because I have $10,000+ to drop on a bunch of frames
that I may or may not be able to sell.

just check the dumpster out back

My brother-in-law is from Taichung. I was visiting him one summer and he called them up to see if we could buy a frame. At the time (5 years ago) they said they'd sell us an un-branded frame. A bit of a back door kind of deal from my understanding. we never ended up doing it, but it may be worth trying. it would probably help to have someone native on your end working out the details.

the font is very similar to leader frames

maxway is the the most advanced steel frame building factory in taiwan. they produce the high end steel frames industry wide. including brands like lemond, jamis, surly, etc...

not sure if they do other materials though...

my sputnik has maxway investment-cast dropouts, and jamis tells me "frame is hand welded in Taiwan by a company that I can not disclose, but they are very reputable." hmm...mystery solved?

that said, none of the three maxway frames shown are the sputnik. also, if you looked at their site, they apparently weld alloy bikes as well.

Buy a pile of em and start your own bidness.

How much is it going to cost you?

Maxway is the new Nagasawa.

group buy.

+1

group buy.

I'd hit it.

When the group buy first happened, a bunch of us said
that we wanted super-cheap aluminum (or titanium, but
that's not going to happen) true-track frames. If someone
organizes a group buy of just such a frame, then count me
in.

Psst. You can get the frames for less than 50 bucks each with an order of 100 or more (thank you interbike!). The catch is that you also have to buy a shipping container from Asia to Los Angeles, then distribute the frames. Where my west coast peeps at?

This actually has interesting potential. Get a group order together, get a few bike shops on board to take up the slack in the numbers, and we could get a thoroughly badass deal.

How come the thread is dead?? I contacted the seller minimum order is 100pc. Can we have a group buy here???

They are 68 dollars per frame.

than plus at least another 70 dollars for shipping costs....still not a bad deal if you can get down on some aluminum or TI count me in

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/racing-bike-frame/Y2R14.htm

I could get down on one of these

I'd be interested in either this:

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/track-bicycle-frame/AR7048.htm

or this:

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/track-bicycle-frame/Y2R13.htm

Oh, and toss is one of those carbon fiber track forks:

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/bicycle-accessory/Y4F04.htm

Wait, how about a group buy on these?

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/rimages/182/trekking-bike-frame-Y2C08-B.jpg

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I admire the idea of a factory-direct group buy, but with all due respect, I suspect you're not going to get much traction or eventual success.

People of the BFSSFG forum, I ask you... How do you plan to get a commerical letter of credit to prove you have the money to pay for the frames before the factory aquires production materials and reserves production time/space?

Do any of you have a relationship with a commercial container shipping agency to assist you with getting the frames loaded into a container and shipped from Asia? And what about the approx US$4000+ in freight fees that it will cost to get the container from Taiwan to LA? Who in this forum is versed in the complex processes of making customs declarations, clearing customs and paying import duties and taxes? And what about the simple need to have a loading dock and a warehouse for unloading the container's contents?

For all of these reasons, and many more, I predict that you won't be able to pull this idea off cleanly.

Tony at IRO knows how to do all of these things, and he has an e-commerce site already established to take payments from individual consumers, that's why the group buy worked out. Not only does Tony know what he's doing, but he has a good relationship with a factory. Additionally, I would suspect he pays a commission to an agent in Asia to help smooth over the confusing/complex aspects of doing business there.

Go ahead and try... Don't let me stop you... Just a dose of reality...

I'd be interested in either this:

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/track-bicycle-frame/AR7048.htm

or this:

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/track-bicycle-frame/Y2R13.htm

Oh, and toss is one of those carbon fiber track forks:

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/bicycle-accessory/Y4F04.htm

Just curious, what are asking for these frames?

Is that a swan or a pegasus?

Pegaswan

Wait, how about a group buy on these?

http://bicycle-frame.bicyclenet.com.tw/rimages/182/trekking-bike-frame-Y2C08-B.jpg

Oh wow. Is that made for full size wheels? I've never seen a bike like that. :eek:

Do any of you have a relationship with a commercial container shipping agency to assist you with getting the frames loaded into a container and shipped from Asia? And what about the approx US$4000+ in freight fees that it will cost to get the container from Taiwan to LA? Who in this forum is versed in the complex processes of making customs declarations, clearing customs and paying import duties and taxes? And what about the simple need to have a loading dock and a warehouse for unloading the container's contents?



I can check off on all of those things, but it's such a humongous pita/money pit unless you consider your time worthless.