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Dahon Teams Up with Joe Murray
Mountain Bike Hall of Famer to design
new line of portable mountain bikes with Dahon.
DUARTE, California — September 2003 —
Dahon California, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of
folding bicycles, today announced a design partnership with
Joe Murray, a two-time mountain bike National Champion and original
member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Joe Murray will work
with Dahon to design a line of full-size portable mountain bikes.
The first bikes, scheduled for 2004 introduction, will consist
of hardtail mountain bikes with classic Joe Murray geometry
and design details. "Joe is one of the most respected mountain
bike racers and designers in the industry," stated Joshua
Hon vice president, sales and marketing. "It's going to
be a blast working with him on our new bikes. Joe's ability
to leverage his riding experience with technical insight and
translate that into products makes him a bike designer virtually
without peer." "Working with Dahon will be a fun new
challenge," stated Joe Murray. "They've got a huge
stable of R&D engineers and lot of innovative new projects
just waiting to be worked on. The cool thing about their portable
mountain bikes is that with the right frame geometry and components,
they'll ride just as well as any other hardtail mountain bike
I've designed. Of course the folding feature adds some weight
but for a lot of people, a few hundred grams of additional weight
is a reasonable trade off for a super portable bike." Joe
Murray's racing career includes National Championships in 1984
and 1985 and 12 straight Norba victories (unmatched since) in
1985. Joe was one of the original 8 inductees into the Mountain
Bike Hall of Fame; a list that includes Tom Ritchey, Gary Fisher,
Charlie Kelly, Charlie Cunningham, Jacquie Phelan, Joe Breeze,
Murdoch, Steve Cook, and Mike Sinyard. Dahon will introduce
a greatly expanded range of full-size portable bikes in 2004.
Earlier this year, Dahon announced a partnership with Ritchey
and plans to introduce a high-performance 700c road bike in
the Fall. With partnerships with Ritchey for road bikes and
Joe Murray for mountain bikes, Dahon is well positioned to develop
very high performance portable bicycles.
Joe Murray Research & Design achievements
- Chief of Design for Voodoo
- Designed for Kona, Marin, and Merlin
- Designed world's first titanium mountain bike frame.
- Designed titanium mountain bike awarded "Best Products"
1989, Bicycle Guide Magazine.
- Designed 1993 Mountain Biking Magazine's Bike of the Year.
Hall of Fame web link: http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/inductees.cfm?page=99&mID=26
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