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by JeremyNT 1556 days ago
I'm very interested in your product, however it's a big leap of faith to buy it sight unseen! When I buy a bicycle I'd like to try it out and ride it around. Do you have any intention to sell it from bike shops or retail channels in the US?

I know you've collected some positive anecdotes but I don't see many reviews from third parties out there yet, so I really can't commit to it. Is this simply because the product is still new? Can you say how many are already out there on the roads?

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I can completely understand your concerns. we sell directly to the customer. we do not calculate retailer margins in the price. We have delivered the first Kwiggle by the end of 2019. 95 % of our sales are currently still generated in Germany. we have started selling to US in december 2021. We have now sold Kwiggle all over the world and Kwiggle is now already riding on every continent. Our first customers have made more than 5.000 km and up to 8.000 km with their Kwiggle. You can't do such a complex product with a lot of high tec parts with a production of some. You have to set up big production lots.

There is a first test report from a journalist of SPIEGEL:

https://www.spiegel.de/auto/faltrad-kwiggle-im-test-achtung-...

Kwiggle was part of a test of folding bikes from BikeBild:

https://www.kwigglebike.com/web/image/37936?unique=b95a1aead...

There will be further longer test reports from various journalists/media this spring.