Quickpro Launches a New Brand With Bikes Priced as Low as $900

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At China Cycle this year, Quickpro—a somewhat familiar brand in the US—is showing the first bikes under a new, even less expensive brand name.

At this point, a few Chinese brands have started to become well known in the American market. One of them is Quickpro, which sells the relatively popular Quickpro ER:One aero road bike at $1,999.

According to the brand, though, that price could be lower. It’s not immediately obvious, but Quickpro sells products to the US market through a reseller, and as with any middleman, that increases costs to the consumer.

In an effort to bypass those costs directly, Quickpro is inventing a new brand and launching a new platform. The new brand name is Assisting Force, and the first release is actually two slightly different gravel bikes: the Assisting Force AF01 SSL and the standard AF01.

In both cases, you get a middle-ground, do-it-all gravel bike. Max tire clearance sits at the new standard of 50mm front and rear with the SSL version hitting the scale at roughly 1,000g for a size medium frame with a 430g fork. You also get three bottle mounts (including one under the down tube), a top tube mount, apparent frame bag mounts, fork mounts, and in-frame storage complete with a multi-tool. The price for the SSL chassis—which includes the handlebar and seatpost—is $1,400.

If $1,400 is still too high, the standard Assisting Force AF01 comes in cheaper but slightly heavier. Trading a few grams brings the frame weight to 1,180 grams in a size medium, dropping the price to $900. However, that cheaper chassis does not include a handlebar, so your in-the-cart price won’t be quite as low as it seems.

For more information, visit the Assisting Force website.