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===== KHS Bicycles =====

KHS Bicycles was started in 1974 as an offshoot of the KHS Group ((Which was founded earlier in Taiwan in 1930.  KHS, originally named "Wan-Wu", Japanese for "everything available", was a maker of musical instruments and motorcycles for Yamaha.  Today KHS continues sells $300M in musical instruments annually.)), to distribute KHS bicycles in the US.  KHS stands for Kong-Hsue-Sheh which in Chinese means "Contribution to School and Society," and has been adapted in English to stand for "Knowledge, Health, and Strength."
((Sources include:
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHS_Bicycles|wikipedia]],
[[https://khsbicycles.com/about-khs/|khsbicycles]],
[[https://khs-america.com/khs-group-announces-new-ceo-andy-wang-to-carry-on-mission/|khs-america]],
[[https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.khsbicycles.com.tw/2006/08/%25e5%258a%259f%25e5%25ad%25b8%25e7%25a4%25bekhs%25e5%2596%25ae%25e8%25bb%258a%25e6%2598%25af%25e4%25bb%2580%25e9%25ba%25bc%25ef%25bc%259f-2006819/|khsbicycles.com.tw]]))

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{{family.jpg?400|Family Hsieh}}
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KHS has been owned and operated by many generations of the Hsieh family of Taiwan.
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[[https://www.khsbicycles.com.tw/2006/08/%e5%8a%9f%e5%ad%b8%e7%a4%bekhs%e5%96%ae%e8%bb%8a%e6%98%af%e4%b
b%80%e9%ba%bc%ef%bc%9f-2006819/|khsbicycles.com.tw]]

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===== 1981 Sundancer =====

A pure cruiser with gears.  Later 1982 Sundancers used a diamond frame with the same gearing and looked a lot like the 1982 Schwinn [[schwinn:start#sidewinder|Sidewinder]].  Nonetheless, it was marketed as a mountain bike in ads placed in the [[http://www.sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/ftf_welcome.htm|Fat Tire Flyer]] magazine starting in 1981.((See FTF Issue #5, May/June 1981, page 18.))

{{peddler.png?300|1982 Fat Tire Flyer}}
[[http://www.sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/ftf_welcome.htm|Fat Tire Flyer, Vol. 2 No. 2, March/April 1982, page 11]]
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A very early mountain bike magazine ad ((The earliest is probably the MountainBikes ad in the February 1980 issue of [[http://www.sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/mtbikes_company.htm|BMX Plus!]])).
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{{1981.jpg?300|1981 Sundancer}}
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1981 Sundancer
[[https://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=775030|bmxmuseum]]

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===== 1982 Sierra Sport =====

15 speeds.  KHS, [[schwinn:start#s1983|Schwinn]] and [[sr:start#s1985|SR]] all sold their own //Sierra Sport// named mountain bikes in the 1980s.


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{{1982.jpg?300|1982 Sierra Sport}}
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1982 Sierra Sport
[[https://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=728582&p=88|bmxmuseum]]a

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===== 1983 Expedition =====


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{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Expedition }}
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1983 Expedition
[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/khs-expedition-info.867122/#lg=thread-867122&slide=0|mtbr]]

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===== 1984 Montaña =====

Montaña is Spanish for mountain.
[[https://www.rodbikes.com/articles/historical-tour/historical-tour.html|R&E Cycles]] of Seattle also manufactured a Montaña at this time, briefly((The R&E Montaña came out in 1984 and immediately got the attention of KHS.  R&E switched brands to TerraTech, of which only a handful of mountain bikes were produced.  //Not in the timeline//)).


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{{1984.jpg?300|1984 Montaña}}
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1984 Montaña
[[https://www.facebook.com/Tysons-Bicycle-Museum-Page-2065899410186446/photos/pcb.2861358093973903/2861357800640599|facebook]]

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===== 1985 Montaña =====

"KHS Sport", Shimano RD-AL11 rear (1984-86), Aero crankset (?), biplane forks, cantilever brakes (1984 used side pull,) slingshot stem (1984 used bullmoose,) headtube frame gusset.  Or, is the above 1984 really a 1985 and this is a 1986?  Catalogs?


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{{1985.jpg?300|1985 Montaña}}
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1985 Montaña
[[https://www.404.com/|photo by mtbtimeline]], 
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property of [[https://bikex.org/|Silicon Valley Bike Exchange]]

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===== 1987 Montana Team =====

Columbus tubing, SunTour XC 9000 (1987-8), RollerCams, Tange headset.


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{{1987.jpg?300|1987 Montana Team}}
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1987 Montana Team
[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/back-from-the-dead-an-interesting-1987-khs-montana-team-columbus-suntour-xc9000.801465/|mtbr]]


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===== 1988 Montana Pro =====

Tange triple butted & lugged, Deore (1987-8), Biopace.

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{{1988.jpg?300|1988 Montana Pro}}
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1988 Montana Pro
[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/did-i-score-with-this-khs-montana-pro.782212/#lg=thread-782212&slide=0|mtbr]]

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===== 1989 Montana XT =====

Tange lugged frame.  Shimano XT M732 (1989 only).


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{{1989.jpg?300|1989 Montana XT}}
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1989 Montana XT
[[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/khs-montana-xt-complete-15th-feb.44198/|retrobike]]


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===== 1990 Montana Comp =====

TIG welded True Temper tubing.  Shimano Deore DX (1989-91).

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{{1990.jpg?300|1990 Montana Comp}}
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1990 Montana Comp
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[[http://www.velocipedebikeproject.org/sold-bikes2]]

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