DISRAELI GEARS
Tern is a folding bike manufacturer founded in 2011 by Joshua Hon and Florence Shen. If those two names seem familiar, they are the son and wife of Dr David Hon, the founder of Dahon. There was, of course, no truth in the rumour that Tern was deliberately created to be a direct competitor of Dahon (how dare you even think it!) but it was hard to look at its launch products without feeling that you had seem something similar in a recent Dahon catalogue.
It all sounds like something out of an episode of Dallas, and God only knows what the chat was around the Hon family breakfast table - but suffice it to say that years of litigation followed... and people like to sing the praises of the family business model!
In terms of derailleurs, Tern initially used a derailleur called the Tern Neos, which was essentially a Dahon Neos with no branding on it except a very discreet SR SUNTOUR logo. SR SUNTOUR manufactured this fine object for both companies.
see also Dahon - TV ad circa 1984
see also Dahon - TV ad circa 1984
see also SR SUNTOUR web images - 2007? 2004?
see also SR SUNTOUR web images - 2007? 2004?
see also Dahon web site - 2006
see also Dahon web site - 2006
see also Dahon - Neos 2.0 instructions 2007?
see also Dahon - Neos 2.0 instructions 2007?
see also Dahon - Service Instructions 2009
see also Dahon - Service Instructions 2009
Tern Bicycles - Life Unfolds 2011
Tern Bicycles - Life Unfolds 2011
Tern - Service Instructions 2011
Tern - Service Instructions 2011
Tern - Urban Mobility 2.0 2012 2011
Tern - Urban Mobility 2.0 2012 2011
see also Dahon - 30 Years Strong 2012
see also Dahon - 30 Years Strong 2012
see also Dahon - Service Instructions 2012
see also Dahon - Service Instructions 2012
Tern - Rear Wheel with Neos Derailleur 2014
Tern - Rear Wheel with Neos Derailleur 2014
Tern - 2015 2014
Tern - 2015 2014
Tern Neos Rear Derailleur - instructions 2014?
Tern Neos Rear Derailleur - instructions 2014?
Tern - Link D8 - The Jack of All Trades 2016
Tern - Link D8 - The Jack of All Trades 2016
Tern - Owner Briefing - Maintenance 2016
Tern - Owner Briefing - Maintenance 2016
Tern - 2017 2016
Tern - 2017 2016