odd one, Pacific cycles

[kaiser]

Possibly a shop sticker?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 608wt_1396

 

[Rod_Saetan]

Nope, they were a kind of budget supplier that sold direct in the States. They did do some higher specced models though which were good vfm and usually scored pretty well in the tests.

I think.

 

[SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum]

Someone else on here that was inside the industry back in the early 90's might remember the specifics on Pacific an correct me. I think at one time Pacific did have a factory in Taiwan and were one of the early major manufacturers in China. I believe Chris Hornung (Pacific US who won the bidding on the GT/Schwinn Bankruptcy) was an actual investor in the Pacific China factory venture which was unheard of at the time for a foreigner to have ownership in a mainland factory.

http://www.pacificcycle.com/timeline

 

[beepbeep]

It's a brand that pops up here in Sweden from time to time. Don't know anything about them though, apart from the fact that their bikes are usually 'copies'.

 

[Kestonian]

The one in beepbeep's picture is, I think, the Mountain Expert II. When i bought my first "proper" mountain bike in 1991/2 it was a toss up between that and a Trek 7000. The Pacific had just had a favourable review in MBUK, priced around £600.

 

[shaunjoslin]

this is my 1988 pacific mountain expert