Ravi Kempaiah
Well-Known Member
- Region
- Canada
- City
- Halifax
Focus and Kalkhoff, sister companies under the umbrella of PON holdings have been making some great bikes in EU for quite sometime.
BUT, the US market seems to be very elusive, a tough nut to crack and they have decided to pull out of the US market for 2019!
I have an acquaintance who owns one of the 2016 Kalkhoff bikes and when she told me this news, I could not believe it and apparently it is true.
The US market continues to be difficult for some of these EU-based companies. May be it is the culture here or whatever but it is sad to see a company of that caliber move out of the US market.
I hope they come back and serve the North American region again.
BUT, the US market seems to be very elusive, a tough nut to crack and they have decided to pull out of the US market for 2019!
I have an acquaintance who owns one of the 2016 Kalkhoff bikes and when she told me this news, I could not believe it and apparently it is true.
The US market continues to be difficult for some of these EU-based companies. May be it is the culture here or whatever but it is sad to see a company of that caliber move out of the US market.
I hope they come back and serve the North American region again.