The legendary founder of Taiwan's Giant cycles into the sunset

King Liu's successors inherit a powerful brand with stalling revenue growth

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Bonnie Tu, left, will take the chairman's seat at Giant on Jan. 1, while Young Liu, right, will become chief executive. (Photo by Rai)

CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writer

TAICHUNG, Taiwan At 82, King Liu is living proof that age is nothing but a number. The founder and chairman of the world's largest bicycle maker, Giant Manufacturing, still bikes some 30km twice a week from his residence in downtown Taichung, in central Taiwan, to the company's headquarters in the coastal town of Dajia.

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