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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]]))
+..
+\\
+..
+\\
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{family.jpg?400|Family Hsieh}}
+\\
+KHS has been owned and operated by many generations of the Hsieh family of Taiwan.
+\\
+[[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]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1981>
+----
+===== 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]]
+\\
+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!]])).
+\\
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1981.jpg?300|1981 Sundancer}}
+\\
+Sundancer
+[[https://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=775030|bmxmuseum]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1982>
+----
+===== 1982 Sierra Sport =====
+speeds.  KHS, [[schwinn:start#s1983|Schwinn]] and [[sr:start#s1985|SR]] all sold their own //Sierra Sport// named mountain bikes in the 1980s.
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1982.jpg?300|1982 Sierra Sport}}
+\\
+Sierra Sport
+[[https://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=728582&p=88|bmxmuseum]]a
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1983>
+----
+===== 1983 Expedition =====
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Expedition }}
+\\
+Expedition
+[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/khs-expedition-info.867122/#lg=thread-867122&slide=0|mtbr]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1984>
+----
+===== 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//)).
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1984.jpg?300|1984 Montaña}}
+\\
+Montaña
+[[https://www.facebook.com/Tysons-Bicycle-Museum-Page-2065899410186446/photos/pcb.2861358093973903/2861357800640599|facebook]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1985>
+----
+===== 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?
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1985.jpg?300|1985 Montaña}}
+\\
+Montaña
+[[https://www.404.com/|photo by mtbtimeline]],
+\\
+property of [[https://bikex.org/|Silicon Valley Bike Exchange]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1987>
+----
+===== 1987 Montana Team =====
+Columbus tubing, SunTour XC 9000 (1987-8), RollerCams, Tange headset.
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1987.jpg?300|1987 Montana Team}}
+\\
+Montana Team
+[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/back-from-the-dead-an-interesting-1987-khs-montana-team-columbus-suntour-xc9000.801465/|mtbr]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1989>
+----
+===== 1988 Montana Pro =====
+Tange triple butted & lugged, Deore (1987-8), Biopace.
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1988.jpg?300|1988 Montana Pro}}
+\\
+Montana Pro
+[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/did-i-score-with-this-khs-montana-pro.782212/#lg=thread-782212&slide=0|mtbr]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1989>
+----
+===== 1989 Montana XT =====
+Tange lugged frame.  Shimano XT M732 (1989 only).
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1989.jpg?300|1989 Montana XT}}
+\\
+Montana XT
+[[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/khs-montana-xt-complete-15th-feb.44198/|retrobike]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1990>
+----
+===== 1990 Montana Comp =====
+TIG welded True Temper tubing.  Shimano Deore DX (1989-91).
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1990.jpg?300|1990 Montana Comp}}
+\\
+Montana Comp
+\\
+[[http://www.velocipedebikeproject.org/sold-bikes2]]
+</div>