Pacific Cycles Explained

Pacific Cycles
Type:Private
Founder:George Lin
Hq Location:Xinwu, Taoyuan
Hq Location Country:Taiwan
Products:Folding bicycles, adaptive vehicles, e-bikes, cargo bikes

Pacific Cycles is a Taiwanese bicycle designing and manufacturing company headquartered in Xinwu District, Taoyuan City. The company manufactures its self designed cycles including folding bicycles, electric bicycles, tricycles and other supportive cycles. It has an in-house research and development studio known as "Section Zero" for new product development and also provides original design manufacturing services for over 40 bicycle brands and original equipment manufacturers worldwide from this facility. The company has a bicycle museum in Taoyuan City known as "Pacific Cycles Museum".

History and overview

Pacific Cycles was established in 1980 by George Lin, a Taiwanese entrepreneur. Lin started his career as an English teacher in 1972. He established the company as an ODM with a capital investment of US$ 0.2 million.[1] [2] The company developed a research and development center inside its manufacturing facility later known as the "Section zero" division. One of their first clients was "The Alpha Cycle" which manufactured the cycle brand Lotus during 1982-1983.They also produced "Alenax transbar" bikes around the same time. At present, the company's investment in R&D accounts for 2-3 percent of their annual revenue. "Section Zero" is an evolution from single R&D function to an integrated workshop, founded in 2012.[3]

Pacific Cycles was one of the first companies in cycling industry to use AutoCad in their design process. They started using AutoCad in 1985 to design their bicycle. In 1988, they introduced 7005 aluminium alloy frame bikes in Taiwan and introduced twin shock full suspension bike in 1992.[4] Their first successful self manufactured bicycle was "the Birdy", launched in 1995 which increased the capitalization of the company to US$ 3 million.[5]

In 1998 they set up their first CNC machine shop for faster prototyping of bicycles. In 2005, they released their "the CarryMe", a micro-folder bicycle designed by George Lin.[6] Their "iF Mode" bicycle brand was introduced in July 2007, and won the "iF Award Gold" in 2009.[7] In 2012 they started 3D scanning and rapid prototyping to design their bikes.

In 2010, they opened "Pacific Cycles Museum" in Xinwu, Taoyuan City.[8]

Bikes

Folding Bikes

Electric bikes

Special bikes

In addition to two wheeler folding cycles, the company manufactures tricycles, hand-cycles and other special bikes for multiple passenger carrying, and also for people with disability.[22]

Pacific Cycles Museum

The company turned its old office building in Taoyuan into a bicycle museum in 2010 and named "Pacific Cycles Museum" in order to preserve historical items related to bicycles.[23] [24] According to the company around 8,000 visitors around the world visit the museum each year.[25] The museum has a collection of several vintage bicycles including classic European bikes manufactured before WW1, a steel penny-farthing's replica, an aluminum made Draisine balance bike, old Taiwanese mail bikes and American cruiser bikes. It also has a display of over 150 types of bike designs, in which more than 80 percent are products developed over the past 40 years, as a proprietary brand or for other brandings. It also has some of the current designs for display. The Museum was moved to their new manufacturing facility in 2014 and continues its expansion. It is certified as a Tourism Factory by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan.

Section Zero

Research and Development center of the company is known as "Section Zero" led by present CEO Michael Lin.[26] [27] The section was founded as a single R&D facility in 2012 and later converted into an integrated design shop.[28] Most of their notable designs including 2013 IF MOVE, Mando Footloose and the 2015 BIRDY 3rd generation all designed by Section Zero.[29] [30]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Taiwan Trade Opportunities: TTO. 1994. China External Trade Development Council. en.
  2. Web site: Elite. 2020-06-03. vintagelotusbicycles. en-US.
  3. Web site: Nieuws. 28 Mar 2013. IFmove Heralds New Era for Pacific Cycles. 2020-06-11. Nieuws.
  4. Web site: Benedict. Tyler. 2012-10-22. Taiwan Bike Tour: Pacific Cycles, Part 1 - Not What You Think. 2020-06-03. Bikerumor. en-US.
  5. http://www.wheelgiant.com.tw/publication/bmuen/html/bmuen200908/BMUEN200908_P056.pdf An Interview with Pacific Cycles President George Lin
  6. Book: Hadland. Tony. Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History. Lessing. Hans-Erhard. 2014-03-21. MIT Press. 978-0-262-02675-8. 469. en.
  7. Web site: The IF Mode: Full Size Bike Folds Flat Fast. 2020-06-11. TreeHugger. en.
  8. Web site: Pacific Cycles 2014. 2020-06-03. Issuu. en.
  9. Web site: 2009-02-16. Pacific Cycles ou l'art du pliage ⋆ Weelz.fr. 2020-06-28. Weelz.fr. fr-FR.
  10. Web site: Beckendorff. Jo. 2018-10-17. Riese & Müller: Gute Nordamerika-Geschäfte. 2020-06-28. RadMarkt. de.
  11. Web site: Reach Folding Bike Review. 2020-06-28. Folding Tales. en-US.
  12. Web site: NEW REACH. 2020-06-28. www.taiwanexcellence.org. en.
  13. Web site: Reach. 2020-07-03. Pacific Cycles. en.
  14. Book: Hadland. Tony. Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History. Lessing. Hans-Erhard. 2014-03-21. MIT Press. 978-0-262-02675-8. 467. en.
  15. Web site: CarryMe Compact Foldable Bike. 2020-06-28. Mighty Velo. en-US.
  16. Book: Hadland. Tony. Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History. Lessing. Hans-Erhard. 2014-03-21. MIT Press. 978-0-262-02675-8. 469. en.
  17. Web site: Pacific Cycles Garners Growing Recognition for Bicycle Design. 2020-06-28. ryt9.com. th.
  18. Web site: togoparts.com. 2013-07-22. Bike Review: IFMove by Pacific Cycles - Togoparts Magazine. 2020-07-01. Togoparts.com. en-US.
  19. Web site: Domino's eBike Deliveries, Economical eCommuter, 2020. 2020-07-01. electricbikereport.com.
  20. Web site: Taipei Cycle Show 2019. 2020-07-01. Folding Tales. en-US.
  21. Web site: Till. 2020-07-03. The Wriders' Club. de-DE.
  22. Web site: Sin límites. 2020-07-01. Interempresas. es.
  23. Book: 桃園市政府觀光旅遊局. 年桃園市旅遊地圖: 秋冬遊桃園. Showwe Information Co Ltd. 109. zh-TW.
  24. Web site: Pacific Cycles Museum(太平洋自行車博物館). 2020-07-01. Taoyuan Tourism. en.
  25. Web site: 太平洋自行車博物館. 2020-07-01. www.pacificcyclesmuseum.com.
  26. Web site: IFmove Heralds New Era for Pacific Cycles. 2020-07-01. Bike-eu.com.
  27. News: Davies. Paul. 2013-03-18. Tech Talk: Pacific IFmove folding bike. The Daily Telegraph. en-GB. 2020-07-01. 0307-1235.
  28. Web site: togoparts.com. 2013-07-22. Bike Review: IFMove by Pacific Cycles - Togoparts Magazine. 2020-07-01. Togoparts.com. en-US.
  29. Web site: Mando Footloose. 2020-07-17. iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE. en.
  30. Web site: NEW BIRDY. 2020-07-17. iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE. en.

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