Originally Posted by
brakemeister
those were available in the US a couple years back... more or less, rather less as the dealers who saw the bike at the tradeshows did not order any, and despite that Dahon brought a bigger handfull back into the states. Than they were just sitting there and nobody ( except me) bought/sold any of them. Anybody remembers the sweet pie ...
Why is it that it seems always that folks want something which is not available ? And if you jump through extreme loops and actually get some, than all of the sudden, there is no more demand, as the next un-obtainium creeps up somewhere....???
just sayin.... not complaining as it is fun to think outside the box once in a while ....
thor
it must frustrating as a dealer to try to stay ahead of the fickle tastes of the public. but, it seems that dahon already has a bike for every price point between 299 and 2500. why not expand the range of small wheel bikes and have a "curve uno" following the same logic as the mu or speed uno? as far as the dove goes, it would seem to be good corporate logic to have an entry level product that can be marketed for kids (get them hooked on folders early) that can also be tricked out as a nimble and small folding bike that appeals to multimodal commuters. as a dealer, i would think its essential to think outside the box because the box is full...
