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Specialized and Segway, one and the same?

this may be common knowledge, old news, etc but it's new to me.. is Segway a part of Specialized or vice versa? I was at what I thought was the only spesh dealer in the area today gathering info on a Roll low entry I'm lusting after. I didn't think to take pics so when I came home i hopped online to cap an image to send to a friend and the local Segway dealer popped up as a Specialized dealer, which surprised me greatly as their website really only talks about Segway

Hello there,

I had never heard of Specialized and Segway being related in any way, so I just checked online and, according to Wikipedia, Segway is now owned by Ninebot Inc, a Beijing-based company:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_Inc.

Since 2001, Specialized has been 51% owned by the original founder Mike Sinyard, and 49% owned by Merida Bikes from Taiwan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specia...cle_Components

Bottom line: I don't believe these 2 companies are related in any way :) They may share reseller stores however, which is most likely what your local store is.

:beer:
Geoff

Hmmm... probably a small bike shop decided to expand inventory and sell segways. Either that, or the two dealers have similar names and your search picked up the wrong one.

There are a few odd mergers. Apparently Bianchi and Piaggio merged... which means our only local Campagnolo dealer is the local Piaggio dealer :foo:

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Originally Posted by Jofu (Post 19767066)

Thanks Jofu, I suspected it was something like that but I see you guys talking about stuff all the time that is surprising to me, I repeated the search yesterday and again today, the only time the Segway store pops up is when I search specifically for a dealer with the Roll step thru in stock. I'm gonna call them later today or maybe just drive over, it's less than 20 miles and I lived there 20 years ago I wouldn't mind seeing the ol town again

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Originally Posted by CliffordK (Post 19767116)

There are a few odd mergers. Apparently Bianchi and Piaggio merged... which means our only local Campagnolo dealer is the local Piaggio dealer :foo:

Piaggio bought the Bianchi name in 1980, but no longer owns the brand. For the last 20 years, Bianchi has been owned by Cycleurope AB. As far as I know, there's no relationship between Piaggio (a public company) and Cycleurope (owned entirely by Salvatore Grimaldi).

... And Bianchi USA has had their own sources, on the Pac Rim, for decades..