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Specialized responds to Mountain Cycle

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

[In case you haven’t been following the Specialized and Mountain Cycle saga, read this post first.]

Yesterday I sent an email to Specialized’s legal person, Kim Arca. I wanted to give them the chance to make a statement because I felt like by saying nothing they were only making things worse for themselves. Here is the text of my email:

Hi Kim,

Jonathan Maus here. I just want to let you know that I have nothing against Specialized and that I would like to offer you space on my site to come in and make a statement about this situation. I’m willing to publish a statement from you, unedited, and without any commentary from me.

I think an honest statement would really help Specialized at this point. Hope to hear from you soon.

And in return I just got the email below from Kevin Franks, head of media relations and corporate communications for Specialized:

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Bike bash brings out bigwigs

Trek Portland and Platinum lauch

Get most of Portland’s bike advocates in one room, add free food and drinks, throw in a few city commissioners, and top it off with a couple congressman and you’ve got the recipe for some real bike lovin’.

An exciting cross-section of the bike community got together at the Bike Gallery last night to pat ourselves on the back and look forward to a major push for Platinum. It was cool to have all that bike energy cramped together…you could really sense the enthusiasm and potential in the room.

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