Schwinn Bicycle Company a separate deal with the China Bicycle Co. (CBC) to produce bicycles to be sold under the Schwinn brand. In retaliation, Giant introduced its own line of Giant-branded bikes for sale to retailers carrying Schwinn bikes. Both Giant and CBC used the dies, plans, and technological expertise from Schwinn to greatly expand the market share of bicycles made under their own proprietary brands, first in Europe, and later in the United States. By 1990, other United States bicycle companies with reputations for excellence in design such as Trek, Specialized, and Cannondale had cut further into Schwinn's market. Unable to produce
Giant from the Unknown Giant from the Unknown Giant from the Unknown (working titles Giant from Devil's Crag and The Diablo Giant ) is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction-horror film drama, produced by Marc Frederic and Arthur A. Jacobs, directed by Richard Cunha, that stars Ed Kemmer, Sally Fraser, and Buddy Baer. The film was theatrically released by Astor Pictures in March, 1958 as a double feature with "She Demons". The make-up effects were created by Jack Pierce, known for his Universal Pictures' classic monster makeup for Boris Karloff's "Frankenstein" (1931), "The Mummy" (1932), and Lon Chaney Jr.'s "The Wolf Man"