LBS owner in the biz for a long time says they were a late 80s house brand for Bob Ward's sports stores which are a regional in the Pacific NW and Montana. Sounds like they got into it at an early peak in mtn bike popularity, but weren't very well prepared to sell or service them. Didn't last long, but said owner says he serviced a fair number of them, likely a mass market Taiwan source, fairly well spec'd kinda like mine here. Interesting stuff.