Giant Loop is a very well established brand, their motto is Go Light. Go Fast Go Far. is followed by more than a few riders, riding long-distance are sporting Giant Loop in one way or another and testing the product to its absolute limits
-珍妮jmo(&piglet)使用the Coyoteon all her travels
Noah Horak on他几年后的rtw
Egle – EvergreenE on her continuing RTW is abusing somepannier pockets
I ranthe Great Basin在KTM 625上的我的RTW之一
…and right now if you’re not followingAaron.S on his RTW,也许你应该,他骑了他的KTM 500克服和运行巨型循环......
So Giant Loop is well respected by world travelers, but what about the company, I spoke with Harold and the crew to get a little more inside information.
- Tell us about Giant Loop, what were your humble beginnings?
巨型循环在2008年出生于巨大衰退的深处。
Thanks to ADV Rider, we knew our horseshoe Saddlebag was a unique problem solver for riders who embraced small bike travel and minimalist design and packing – we had inmates requesting them as soon as they saw photos and ride reports of the one-off designs a friend at a local climbing gear company sewed for us.
哈罗德的寿命节省了5000美元,他建造了一个网站,并订购了150个原始巨型循环骑马包。Adv Rider Inmates是我们早期客户的大多数,并且由于论坛,在几个月内,我们在澳大利亚的两家最优惠的客户和进口商,澳大利亚的冒险摩托车和英国冒险。新利18苹果
- 你能给我们一个基本的商店之旅吗?
巨型循环始于哈罗德办公室,弯道弯道,但我们迅速超过了空间,并于2010年搬入了我们的前1300平方英尺的仓库湾。从那时起,我们已经扩展到另外两个相邻的仓库海湾并将它们连接在一起。
At the front of the building is our retail showroom, the GL ADV Shop. The sales and marketing team workstations, our motorcycle work bay and equipment for events fill out the front bay.
The bay directly behind the GL ADV Shop is dedicated to receiving, inspecting and assembling products, as well as back stock storage.
Adjoining the receiving bay is our first warehouse bay. This is where inspected, assembled products are picked, packed and shipped. Two small offices provide work stations for production, operations, and bookkeeping.
我们最喜欢的建筑物是我们的小型设计实验室。缝纫机,切割桌,样品和魔术在这里生活。
- 你的第一个产品是什么,你还是让它/卖掉它或类似的东西吗?
我们在2008年推出了巨大的循环,我们的开拓马蹄形设计,原始的螺栓上的巨型环骑马包。我们的Coyote Saddlebagis its direct descendant, and the Great Basin Saddlebag and MoJavi Saddlebag are its cousins.
- How do you test your products before offering them for sale, any unique methods?
Of c0urse, riding is our favorite product testing method! We love punishing prototypes. But sometimes science comes in to play when testing the extremes, as we don’t often have any volunteers for crash testing or submerging motorcycles.
Virtually every component, fastener and critical assembly used in our products have been subjected to failure testing in a laboratory local friends at dog gear company Ruffwear let us use – linear-pull strength, abrasion resistance, etc. We’ve also taken products to our parks and recreation district swimming pool for waterproof testing. Our dedication to continually improve means-testing never stops.
- Where do you get your inspiration, your thoughts, and ideas, do you accept suggestions from customers/ friends?
从一开始,巨型循环一直是我们自己骑马的生长。但是灵感来自于许多来源,包括Adv Rider囚犯,客户,朋友和支持的车手 - 特别是那些推动限制和承担疯狂挑战的骑士。
我们也总是在Powersports行业之外寻找设计,建筑和材料线索 - PowerSports在技术和创新方面缓慢地滞后于其他市场和行业。每个人都直接参与我们的设计和开发过程骑摩托车。
- Do you have a product in your line that you feel is genius, but the public doesn’t buy too many of but you feel they should, could you highlight that?
我们的Pannier Mounts集合快速释放标准,可锁定软行李安装。它们是超级轻巧但坚固耐用,只有两个移动部件,拆除时留下了什么,无需打开粉母即可进入即可留下即可。
We produced a couple of small batches last season and sold out of them. This season we think our unique offering will hit its stride and win more converts to our minimalist solution.
- 您销售/制作多少种不同的独特产品?
Not counting color and size options, Giant Loop’s current product line consists of about 25 unique soft luggage and hard parts offerings.
We sell many other products in ourGL ADV SHOP仓库陈列室在线,包括工具,露营设备和配件,补充我们自己的产品,支持我们的“GO光,快速,走快,走远”摩托车冒险哲学。新利18苹果
- Which product is your best seller?
In terms of units sold, our handy littleZigzag Handlebar Bag是我们的顶级卖家。Mojavi saddlebag是由生成的毛重的上衣。
- 任何/所有产品都在房子里制造吗?
我们所有的设计和测试都在我们的商店完成。大多数巨大的循环的产品系列是由各种承包商制造的内部和为我们制造的。但我们也品牌品牌由朋友和同事制作的一些产品,如我们的新颈部绑架,由基于弯曲的Blackstrap制作的。
- How long does it take from an idea, to design, to prototype, to the final product on the shelf?
伟大的想法一直是我们的容易部分 - 我们的产品开发很长,从未变短。由于我们有限地访问营运资金,因此从想法到最终产品的道路通常跨越多年。
例如,我骑在我们东北的原型w Tail Rack for nearly five years before we were able to pay for the tooling and commit to the large minimum orders required to make this product feasible.
需要四年多的时间来生产我们的气囊。
As we’ve incrementally grown, we’ve moved toward a two-year product development cycle, and because we produce relatively small batches, it is easy for Giant Loop to make ongoing updates and improvements short term. Feedback from Inmates is a key component in our product development process.
- 你能说所有或大部分产品线都是我们制作的吗?
自从一开始以来,巨环已经在美国制造。目前,我们所有的SEWN商品,而且是在美国制造的。
- Do ADVrider and its inmates play a big part in your business, do you offer any kind of incentive or discount for inmates?
It’s no exaggeration to say that Giant Loop exists because of ADV Rider. This forum has been our number one source of inspiration, for several years even before we launched in 2008.
我们非常感谢那个秃头和团队在全球社区创造。囚犯往往是第一个获取有关新产品开发的通知的通知,请在秒内,收件率和污水处理。
任何囚犯在订购时提出了Adv骑手,为我们提供了一个T恤尺寸。打电话或发送电子邮件给我们内部勺子!
Harold Olaf Cecil
971-832-3164
Bend, Oregon USA
Photos/ video courtesy of Giant Loop, Jenny Morgan, Noah Horak, Aaron S and me