Monday, October 13, 2008

Mosh bikes


Mosh bikes were made by Giant. Giant started as a builder in Taiwan manufacturing bikes for Schwinn. Then it started making bikes for a lot of companies and it grew huge.
Mosh brand bikes were only built for 6 years, so you won't find a lot of them. This chrome one - an XL Pro is a nice example of a well built bike.
Some folks think Giant is not a great bike company. I was asking my boss one day about mountain bikes - I wanted a new front fork. He said, well what bike is it for. I could have said a lot of things - GT Zaskar, Trek 6500, but I was honest that it was for my Giant mt bike that I love because it is so small and light. He scoffed, which was a foolish thing to do. Giant has made frames for a lot of very high end bicycles. Nonetheless, Mosh is worth watching for. Since 2003 Mosh is just BMX parts, no more frames under that name.