Dahon Selects QBP as North American IBD Distributor

 

Based in Bloomington, MN with offices in Utah and Pennsylvania, QBP will distribute Dahon’s folding bikes, parts and accessories. QBP currently services more than 5,000 IBDs in North America. Dealers now can have the choice to order from QBP or directly from Dahon.

 

“With Dahon rapidly growing in North America as a leader in urban and city bikes, QBP is the ideal partner to expand our distribution and increase exposure of our folding bike models to thousands of IBDs throughout North America,” said Henry Hon, co-founder and vice-president of Dahon. “Dealers now have the best of both worlds – they can deal directly with Dahon’s team or enjoy additional efficiency by ordering from QBP.”

 

Dahon North America's office in Duarte, CA will continue to ship bikes out of their two warehouses, and provide warranty and parts support to all dealers whether purchased through Dahon or QBP.

 

Dahon, which is based in Duarte, CA, is offering 28 models in North America this year in the urban, recreation and high performance categories.

 

“We are very excited to represent Dahon to our North American network of leading IBDs, who are working hard to grow their business in the burgeoning urban/city bike category,” said Jim Holst, QBP product manager. “We feel that we can now support these IBDs even better and more efficiently by bringing Dahon’s award-winning folding bikes into their product mix, as well as providing easy and convenient ordering for Dahon parts and accessories.”

 

Dahon also announced it would begin offering a new range of standard and folding bikes developed with Ford Motor Company in the United States laser this year. The bikes will utilize Dahon's components and drawing inspiration from classic and contemporary Ford vehicles. The Mustang, for example, will be based on speed and style, imitating the original 'pony car', whilst the F-150 SVT Raptor will come with extra wide tires for off road riding with comfort and traction. Additionally, these bikes will also include specialized technological features for performance and convenience, such as the ability to change shape from 3D to 2D for space saving when not in use.

 

The Ford licensing agreement also includes e-bikes as well as bike accessories such as helmets, repair equipment and apparel. These products will continue Dahon's engineering design focus of performance plus convenience. Select models from the range will be showcased at the 27th Taipei International Cycle Show in Taiwan from March 5 to 8. The full range will be available at retail in Asia and the USA later this year and will expand to other markets in 2015.