US-based folding bike manufacturers Dahon have bucked the industry trend of moving all production to the Far East by setting up a new factory in Europe. At their annual distributors' conference in Zagreb, Croatia this week they announced that all bikes destined for European markets will be made in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from now on.

There, Dahon are setting up a state-of-the-art factory in partnership with metal fabricators Maxcom Ltd, who'll also produce their own bikes, to be sold under the name Sprint. The plant will produce a total of 500,000 bikes a year and create 500 jobs.

Bikes for outside Europe will continue to be manufactured at Dahon's main factory in Shenzhen, China and a smaller plant in Beijing. Plans are in the pipeline to construct a new factory in central China with an initial production capacity of 700,000 bikes a year.

Dahon look to be making a big marketing push this year, with their 2012 range to be unveiled at the Eurobike trade show in Germany in September. CEO and founder Dr David Hon said: "Dahon bicycles have played a major role in raising interest in the foldable bike market. The increasing market in folding bikes presents a major opportunity for our company to show its full capabilities and we're all excited about the future."

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I held the pace for two miles to the end of the trail with Steve in my rear mirror, then waited at the end of the trail for him to catch up. We started the return ride with Steve in front, but after a little while, I passed him on fast folding... I remember from when I used to rollerblade that the new bearings are “stiff” or slow, when you first put them in, and they take a few miles to “wear in. ” I was on my new folding bike ( Dahon ), and I think that gave me a bit of an advantage. 5 miles, then came up behind a group of 4 of 5 cyclists. 5 miles an hour, pedaled by the group, and kept pedaling. The weather was cool and we rode along side by side for about 4....

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DUARTE, CA (BRAIN)—Dahon has expanded its team with the addition of a new product director and a technical specialist. The folding bike brand has tapped Russell Sneed as the lead on product development. Sneed most recently worked as sales manager for

DUARTE, USA – Folding specialist Dahon has hired German native Kai Zimmer (photo) as its new Technical Specialist and Russell Sneed as Product Director, both effective immediately. Zimmer, who most recently worked as Cannondale Sales Coordinator for

This photo shows the fold-down hitch on the back of the Bronco with one bicycle attached… In the photo all appears okay…but appearances are deceiving. In this mode the bikes are too close to one another and they didn't mount properly.

“It's a great community of people that come out and volunteer. They care about our Syracuse community and they want to come out and help. So it's two-fold, it's nice to give bikes away to people who need them. It's also nice to inspire others to do the

“Their values are in line with ours, as a company that has designed and produced folding bicycles for over 30 years, and was founded specifically to provide a healthy alternative to single-passenger fossil-fuel vehicles.”