https://www.cyclingweekly.com/...ims-dutch-bike-brand
Ku claiming British Cycling / Hope bike front end breaks their patent and is a copy.
This is interesting in that onnother threads about designs being ripped off, the mantra has been 'can't patent a bike'.
However this does. Or at least the fork (something that has been in use for as long as there have been bikes !).
That funky and stunning bike maker Jones has been making a wide fork that attaches to the steerer above and below the steerer tube for years and years.
Strange how the Hope bike has been in the public eye for more than a year, yet they wait until the track racing starts to say something đŸ¤”
Next steps ?
Do folks think BC will seek to get the patent cancelled ? Or are Ku just playing the game to get some hush money ?
(I saw a Ku in the flesh a week ago. It had a brash Kona paint job that distracted from it's base ugliness. But it was still no oil painting !)