Those bicycle manufactures who were producing high quality products, however, caused a subsequent boom in exports, turning Taiwan into a "kingdom of bicycles".
國外消費者對我國製造的自行車印象日益惡劣，銷售也漸趨困難。民國六十四年，能源危機解除，舉世自行車銷售量大跌。當時全球自行車業都不景氣，台灣車因品質不佳，首當其衝，我國自行車工業倏然由高峰跌到谷底，許多工廠倒閉，留下卅餘家艱苦經營。