Specialized Bicycle Components Costco. The move angered some Specialized dealers. In 1996, Specialized withdrew the Full Force line and Mike Sinyard wrote a letter of apology to dealers. By the end of 1996, Specialized had lost 30% of its bike shop sales and, according to Sinyard, "came within a few hundred dollars of declaring bankruptcy". In 2001, Merida Bikes of Taiwan bought 49% of Specialized for a reported US$30 million. Mike Sinyard remained majority owner and CEO of the company. , Specialized is one of the biggest bicycle brands operating in the United States, alongside Trek Bicycle Corporation and Giant Bicycles. In 2012
Giant from the Unknown to kill the giant Vargas by causing him to fall from a bridge to his death down a raging waterfall. American film director, producer, actor, and editor Joe Dante described this film on his webseries "Trailers from Hell" as: "The ads for "Giant' quote 'It came from another world' and today it really does, the vanished world of dull black-and-white features that I for one really miss". "Giant from the Unknown" was first released on DVD October 24, 2000. On March 2, 2012, the film was re-relesed on DVD by Image Entertainment. Giant from the Unknown Giant from the Unknown