Budget Frames
With the tagline, "Budget doesn't have to mean cheap," IHI launched itself into the cutthroat world of budget frames, a category it had previously ignored--and it was debatable as to whether it ever truly understood the market. Critics challenged that IHI had simply produced a smaller-than-average midrange frame, given the average price of their "budget" line.
Pictured here are the what's generally considered to be the basis for the many variants that followed. From left to right: the LCF-01 Wombat, the LCF-03 Wallaby, and the Ganteche Collective's Luna-Tick. (While officially not an IHI frame, enthusiasts have never bought official statements of Ganteche's independence from IHI.)
Budget Frames
With the tagline, "Budget doesn't have to mean cheap," IHI launched itself into the cutthroat world of budget frames, a category it had previously ignored--and it was debatable as to whether it ever truly understood the market. Critics challenged that IHI had simply produced a smaller-than-average midrange frame, given the average price of their "budget" line.
Pictured here are the what's generally considered to be the basis for the many variants that followed. From left to right: the LCF-01 Wombat, the LCF-03 Wallaby, and the Ganteche Collective's Luna-Tick. (While officially not an IHI frame, enthusiasts have never bought official statements of Ganteche's independence from IHI.)