Interesting article about Giant including early history
09-02-13, 05:03 PM
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Interesting article about Giant including early history
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/31/wo...ding-them.html
Talks about early deals with Schwinn and general state of Taiwanese market over time.. kinda interesting...
Talks about early deals with Schwinn and general state of Taiwanese market over time.. kinda interesting...
09-03-13, 03:04 AM
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Thanks for the "heads up" frantik. I enjoyed the article. It more than satisfied a curiosity about that company.
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09-03-13, 02:35 PM
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Too bad that article wasn't just a bit longer. I'd be interested in more detail. I have a Giant Iguana from 1992 (I think - does anyone know how to look up older Giant serial numbers? The late eighties and early nineties are a bit hazy to me). It has been a great bike and has held up well over the years. I bought it from a local long-standing Schwinn dealer back then, and had always wondered why they had steered me away from the Schwinns at that time. I didn't know about their bankruptcy.
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I haven't peaked at the article but there is a bunch on the Giant-Schwinn relationship in the book "no hands"
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