Team GB Lotus x Hope track bike design ‘stolen’, claims Dutch bike brand

Kú Cycle threatening legal action for patent infringement if British Cycling refuses to recognise its claimed ownership of the wide fork design

Ku v British Cycling
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The design of the revolutionary Team GB Lotus x Hope track bike was stolen from a Dutch bicycle brand according to its co-founder, who plans to take legal action if British Cycling refuses to recognise its claim.

The wide, arched fork of the Lotus x Hope HB.T bears a close resemblance to that of the Kú Cycle TF1, and the Dutch brand’s co-founder and CEO Alex Bok told Cycling Weekly that Kú was first to file the patent in 2016 - and that British Cycling's international patent application was declined in March this year with reference to Kú's relevant patent.

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Simon Smythe