Is Panasonic a good bike brand?
They made very nice bikes, but American consumers associated the Panasonic brand with electronics and did not buy many of the bikes. Panasonic was a leader in quality and price and the used bikes are still a great value.
Who made Panasonic bikes?
Konosuke Matsushita
Konosuke Matsushita grew up with a family who owned a bicycle shop and always had a love and passion toward bicycles. He later on founded the Panasonic bicycle line. Panasonic bicycles were very well built, and produced in steel, aluminum and titanium.
Do they still make Raleigh products?
The frames were still made in the Far East. However, in more recent years, Raleigh has moved its focus back to hybrid, electric and kids bikes, ending its sponsorship in road racing.
When did Panasonic stop making bicycles?
Mr. Matsushuta’s death, Panasonic abandoned the US bicycle market on 30 September, 1989. If you have the last of the custom Panasonics, I am pretty sure that I have the first Panasonic custom frame ever made for a U.S. racer.
Do Panasonic still make bikes?
TODAY – Panasonic continues to build high quality bicycles for other world markets. A small number of bikes and frames remain available to North America through Madison, Wisconsin based Yellow Jersey Bicycles.
Who owns Raleigh bikes now?
Accell
Raleigh Bicycle Company/Parent organizations
130 years of dreaming, designing, building, riding. And, after all that time, we’ve come to the same conclusion we started with – we just bloody love bikes. So, what has changed? Raleigh is now part of the Accell Group, a European company that owns a wide range of bike brands throughout Europe.
Does Miyata make bikes?
The Miyata brand still exists and, while it is no longer distributed in the United States, it had until 2010 a joint venture with the Dutch Koga brand, a Dutch bicycle manufacturer, established in Heerenveen Netherlands, under the name Koga-Miyata.
Does Panasonic own Panaracer?
Panaracer is a product of Panasonic. The Panaracer logo has clearly derived from the Panasonic logo.