The Taipei Cycle Show 2015

[shemozzle999]

New ebike products at the show:

http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/product/index/list.html?mainCategory=2401&subCategory=240122&condition=&sortBy=&currentPage=1&pageSize=10&currentShowYear=2015&country=&subject=&exhMainProduct=&productDesc=

I like this one:

http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/product/info.html?id=0FB1A49D01822B26CAD68DE6CFF4FB55&doPath=1

http://www.peugeot.com/en/products-services/cycles/peugeot-ae21

 

[shemozzle999]

Show Day 1

http://issuu.com/karenachiu/docs/tsd1_small

 

[shemozzle999]

Show D\ay 2.

http://issuu.com/karenachiu/docs/tsd_day_2_for_taitra

 

[SteveRuss]

An electric folding mountain bike weighing 13kg? Dubious..

http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/product/info.html?id=0FB1A49D01822B26909AA391A97EC305&doPath=1

 

[flecc]

An electric folding mountain bike weighing 13kg? Dubious..

http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/product/info.html?id=0FB1A49D01822B26909AA391A97EC305&doPath=1

It may be only the bike less battery, a common dodge and it's somewhat worded that way, just specifying the bike.
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[Deleted member 4366]

If you read the spec., there's no mention of electric. The 13kg is for the bike only. The Bionx kit on the one in the photo is just something that someone has added to the Change Bike, which will push the weight up to about 22kg.

 

[shemozzle999]

It looks like European bikes with high Chinese content are due to have prices increases:


http://www.bike-eu.com/Shows-Events/Show-reviews/2015/3/Taipei-Cycle-2015-Points-to-Big-Price-Hikes-1731112W/

 

[Kudoscycles]

Shemozzle,but I am sure you realise that the weakness of the buying power of the Euro against the U.S. dollar is balanced with the buying strength of the £ sterling against the Euro,it should balance.
The £ has hovered around 1.50 against the U.S. dollar and many of our chinese suppliers trade using £ sterling,so currency has less effect on our supplies. We have enough stock to cover the next 6 months so prices will not change for this year.
KudosDave

 

[shemozzle999]

Show Day 3.

http://issuu.com/karenachiu/docs/tsd_day_3_for_taitra

 

[flecc]

Shemozzle,but I am sure you realise that the weakness of the buying power of the Euro against the U.S. dollar is balanced with the buying strength of the £ sterling against the Euro,it should balance.
The £ has hovered around 1.50 against the U.S. dollar and many of our chinese suppliers trade using £ sterling,so currency has less effect on our supplies. We have enough stock to cover the next 6 months so prices will not change for this year.
KudosDave

It's the bikes made in Europe of largely Chinese parts that will suffer the threatened cost increases, so presumably threatening price increases to match.
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[Kudoscycles]

It's the bikes made in Europe of largely Chinese parts that will suffer the threatened cost increases, so presumably threatening price increases to match.
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Agreed,I was refering to exchange rate implications not price rises. By the way the weakness of the Euro is hurting UK companies that export a lot to the EEC.
KudosDave

 

[shemozzle999]

Show news round up:

http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/news/info.html?id=12003394A2045B29