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Forum: Folding Bikes

12-29-17, 05:43 PM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

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Posted By Bonzo Banana

Fairly recent Dahon video here which I find very...

Fairly recent Dahon video here which I find very confusing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzUq2pdp0gk

It shows a very basic assembly line, stack of pre-made frames and then goes on to show...

Forum: Folding Bikes

12-29-17, 07:54 AM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

Views: 25,007

Posted By Bonzo Banana

So you are stating the reverse of their own...

So you are stating the reverse of their own manufacturing videos with them actually manufacturing the aluminium frame but a third party assembling the bikes? I didn't say they had cooperation with...

Forum: Folding Bikes

12-28-17, 03:04 PM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

Views: 25,007

Posted By Bonzo Banana

That doesn't surprise me because I've seen the...

That doesn't surprise me because I've seen the factory prices on alibaba and I think the cheapest geared folder was something like $25-27 but here in the UK to achieve a £45 price is pretty amazing,...

Forum: Folding Bikes

12-27-17, 02:58 PM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

Views: 25,007

Posted By Bonzo Banana

Looks like I was completely wrong on that. Seems...

Looks like I was completely wrong on that. Seems like Fuji-ta is actually one of the driving forces of shared bike manufacturing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkAmg9ImF0U

This was the video...

Forum: Folding Bikes

12-27-17, 05:36 AM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

Views: 25,007

Posted By Bonzo Banana

I don't think fuji-ta is a big supplier of bike...

I don't think fuji-ta is a big supplier of bike share bikes. I don't know for sure but there is a video on youtube somewhere of a news report and they visited an area which had the main bike share...

Forum: Folding Bikes

12-25-17, 04:56 PM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

Views: 25,007

Posted By Bonzo Banana

If you are referring to my points I was just...

If you are referring to my points I was just making the point that Dahon likely buy in their hydro-formed aluminium frames rather than manufacture them in their own factory as there was no sign of...

Forum: Folding Bikes

12-23-17, 03:09 PM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

Views: 25,007

Posted By Bonzo Banana

Also manufacturing itself may involve many more...

Also manufacturing itself may involve many more parties. In Europe Dahon bikes are mainly manufactured/assembled by maxcom in Bulgaria so they will need their cut. It's clear when Tern was created...

Forum: Folding Bikes

12-23-17, 05:29 AM

Replies: 52

DAHON folding bikes - good or Not???

Views: 25,007

Posted By Bonzo Banana

I'm probably known for not being the greatest fan...

I'm probably known for not being the greatest fan of Dahon bikes as they often seem very overpriced to me for the quality you are getting but secondhand is a completely different thing with different...

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