1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Good news story from a couple of Kei entrepreneurs out 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: of Tarron and Dan Wallace Anthony Clyde. They've gone on 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: one gold at the thirty third annual China International Bike 4 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: Fair showcasing their super light carbon New Zealand bred e bike. Anyway, 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: the companies called Bell Duro. Dan Wallace is in China 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: and he's with us morning. 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: Good morning Mike, How are you very well? 8 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: Congratulations on the gold medal. How crowded is the e 9 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: bike field at the end that you're at? 10 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 2: So the China Bike Fair is mind blowing. It will 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 2: take you about three days to walk the whole thing. 12 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: We went up against six hundred different bikes with our 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: e gravel product that we put in. We put it 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: in February in the hope that would have some recognition, 15 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: recognition and to kind of put New Zealand on a 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: bit of a stage, and then arrived on Monday and 17 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: then found out that day that we had won an award. 18 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: We actually thought we had won a mention of an award, 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: and then we actually ended up winning gold. So I 20 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: got to stand up on stage as the only kind 21 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 2: of European surrounded by some pretty big leaders in the 22 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 2: industry so absolutely amazing, rarely really mind blowing. 23 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: Did you know going in that what you produce is 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: world leading? Or is the market so crowded you've got 25 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: no idea what's out there? 26 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 2: The market is huge, so to give us some context, 27 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: trying to produce US four hundred and seventeen million. 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 3: Bikes per year, so it's hugely crowded. 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 2: But the difference with us, we have a point of 30 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: difference is that we have a relationship and a partnership 31 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 2: with a motor company called Dji, and. 32 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 3: That gives us a bit of. 33 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 2: A pointed difference. And if you follow anything in the 34 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 2: Evoke world, Dji launched about eighteen months ago and they've 35 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: just kind of disrupted the industry, blinded away. 36 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 3: So we knew that we would. We knew that we would. 37 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: There'l be eyes on us. We have used top designers 38 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 2: and top frame factories and collaborators with leading industry experts, 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: and we literally only had our bike in New Zealand 40 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: being reviewed by New Zealand Cycle Journal. 41 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 3: One week before we. 42 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: Arrived in China, and so they gave it a really 43 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: an amazing review. So we knew we had something, but 44 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: I was not expecting gold to be honest. 45 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: So what do you do now because this are you 46 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: local or have you been local? Or international? And if 47 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: you are international, can you scale up and produce or not? 48 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely. 49 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 2: So the company was founded kind of end of last 50 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: year by there's two Kiwis in it and our trying 51 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: to partner as well that we've been we've all been 52 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: in the EBUK industry for some of us up to 53 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 2: eighteen years. So what happens now essentially is so that 54 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 2: what we won the award for was our e gravel bike. 55 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: We have two variants. I'm actually bringing back a couple 56 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: of bikes with me into New Zealand and production has 57 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 2: started for that. We've wanted to prioritize New Zealand perse 58 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 2: so the first you know production bikes. 59 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 3: Are available will be available. 60 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 2: To New Zealand first. What happens at like a trade 61 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: show like this is you get multiple eyes on you 62 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: from all around the world. We ended up leaving with 63 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: we've got about nine countries that won our product. We 64 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: also have three more products that are being designed in 65 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 2: the process over the next twelve months. One is really 66 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: exciting because it's a full suspension mountain bike by bringing 67 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 2: back a three D print of that frame that we 68 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 2: had on show in the show as well. The actual 69 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: carbon frame arise on the tenth to June and that 70 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 2: gets heavily tested in New Zealand on New Zealand Terrain, 71 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: New Zealand Riders, New Zealand Collaborations, media, et cetera. And 72 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: then if it all goes how it's planned and how 73 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: the designers have done it and what we're expecting, then 74 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: that goes out to market as well. 75 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 3: So yes, it's amazing, it's unbelieved, excited. 76 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: Well, I'm very pleased to hear it. Dan, good to 77 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: touch base with you. Good luck with it. All is 78 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: the company, have a look at it. The websites call, 79 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: apart from anything, the bikes are amazing. Thirteen grand, so 80 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: it's top end. You can get a slightly scaled down 81 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: version at eight grand and even cheaper still you can 82 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: buy a frame only and work there. They'll explain it 83 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: all on the website if you're interested in that. But 84 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,679 Speaker 1: that's yet another a bay of plenty brain box doing 85 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: well in the world, and I got started to get 86 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: interested in that. But when Luxen was in Britain and 87 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: he was talking about the mount Monganui company selling the 88 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: sixty million dollars worth of military drones to Starmer. So 89 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on in the Bay where some 90 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: good people are doing some good work. But to be 91 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: in China and do what he's doing and winning these 92 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: prizes is just yet another reminder that there's a tremendous 93 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: number of New Zealanders doing a lot of good things 94 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: that we don't hear enough about often enough. 95 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 96 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 2: news talks that'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 97 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.