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11-21-13 | 03:21 PM

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VELABIKE

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From: MONTREAL, QC

Bikes: Vela Folding bike

Hello snafu21,

I agree that there are many similar shaped, similar components folding bikes in the online and offline market that cost between $200 to $350. There are ones made of steel to aluminum, single speed to 8 speed. However, I would like to mention one big difference with our folding bikes. We, VELA BIKE, work closely with a well-credited Japanese folding bike company to produce our folding bicycle in China. What we have achieved in the past three years in Canada are product safety and maintained quality folding bicycles. Our customer return rate in the past 4 years is incredible 0.5%, less than 1 folding bike per 100. This is all because all VELA BIKE INC. folding bicycles meet JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) bicycle safety compliance. Our Japanese partner company conducts a series of stress tests for each bicycle components before making it into the market. That gives us two big benefits: All our bicycles are compliant with one of the highest safety measure, and the customers receive qualified folding bikes. JIS ensures certain levels of product quality just like consumer product safety commission (CPSC).JIS was created under the discipline that Industrial standardization concerning product quality should be prepared, focusing not on company needs but on the needs of users and consumers, with full consideration given to social needs, including the public interest. With regards to safety and environment conservation, products are restricted by technical standards established through mandatory legislation.

If you have any questions on the safety of our products, please feel free to contact us at info@velabike.com.

Thanks,

Takeshi

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Originally Posted by snafu21

.... and in English it's almost the same bike which appears new on Ebay here for £99.00 - albeit with a steel frame, and no matt black paint. That's $165 Canadian, I fear.

I did own one of these last year, and found the componentry to be cheap (in the pejorative sense) with play in the handlepost, and folding latch. It went back. It wasn't unservicable, it just wasn't pleasant to own. My Dahon Vitesse is, though it was three times the price.

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