Fuji Bikes a steep decline in touring and road bike sales. This allowed manufacturers such as Specialized, Giant, and Trek to make inroads into Fuji's share of U.S. bicycle sales, often using frames produced at lower cost in Taiwan. With the continued rise of the yen, Fuji fell on hard times in the early 1990s. One of the last Japanese bike companies to shift production to Taiwan after the fall of the dollar, Fuji bicycles cost more in the United States than most competing brands, causing a drop in sales. Fuji bicycles produced in Taiwan were not as well regarded by U.S.
Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative is a bicycle retailer with three stores across Scotland and two stores in Northern England, and an online store selling worldwide. The co-operative is the longest established worker co-operative in Scotland, having originally been founded as a bicycle repair service in Edinburgh in 1977. In recent years the co-operative has grown to be, arguably, the dominant bicycle retailer in Scotland, with the largest bicycle stores in each respective city. The business offers products from many leadings brands including Specialized, Whyte, Brompton, Kalkhoff, Frog and Giant. The longest established of all Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative stores