ethically sourced products (KH)

I emailed Kris Holm through his website about that and he replied to the
effect that KH unicycles are constructed under fair labor conditions in
Taiwan, this process is monitored, but the leg armor and gloves have
more obscure origens through China and it's unclear what those labor
practices are, although it's unlikely that they would be any better
that the rest of the cycling industry, which is to mean poorly. He did
say that it was an issue he has with the manufacturers, but since KHU,
and unicycling in general, is only a small niche in the cycling genre,
they operate within their means to influence positive change.

Quoted message said:

So in sum I can say you can probably have peace of mind with the unis,
but I'm not there yet with the gloves and the leg armor. -Kris Holm

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Thanks for the info. It does seem to be impossible to get fairtrade
sports clothes other than those baggy yoga things anywhere, and I
suppose it's too specialist a product to do in partnership with a
clothing company instead of a cycling one.. Hmm.

Good to know about the unicycles, if I can afford to I'll definitely
choose KH parts over other ones because of that. I'd be interested to
know about the actual details and monitoring process though since it
isn't done under any specific standard, like whether it's a pro-union
factory etc, or just a minimum wage guarantee or whatever. I wonder why
there isn't anything on the website.

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Quoted message said:

Good to know about the unicycles, if I can afford to I'll definitely
choose KH parts over other ones because of that. I'd be interested to
know about the actual details and monitoring process though since it
isn't done under any specific standard, like whether it's a pro-union
factory etc, or just a minimum wage guarantee or whatever. I wonder why
there isn't anything on the website.

You will choose KH above other unicycles just because he said there was
no unfair labour involved? Just because Egon Becker (Qu-Ax) and
Benjamin Guiraid (Koxx) and Roger Davies (Nimbus) havn't been invited
for a UNI interview doesn't mean that these brands support unfair
labour, I know Qu-Ax doesn't support unfair labour, and I personally
know Roger Davies and know he would do no such thing with his full
awareness, I don't know Benjamin (Yoggi) very well but I think the same
can be said for Koxx products. Kris Holm unicycles arn't more expensive
because they pay more attention to fair labour, Kris Holm unicycles are
more expensive because they have a very fine aluminium frame (and
probably a bigger profit margin). Qu-Ax prices are low because Egon
Becker doesn't have a very big profit margin but tries to help the
unicycle community by providing good unicycles for a good price. Not
because these unicycles are made by 11yr old children who get a dried
crust of bread every 2 days and have to beg for water. I think it would
be interesting to get more information considering fair/unfair labour
about all the unicycle brands, I will contact Egon and Roger about
Qu-Ax and Nimbus, it will be interesting to know.

Dustin

P.S. My post sounds disadvantegous about Kris Holm, I didn't mean it
like that, all I'm trying to say is that just because Kris said he
doesn't support unfair labour doesn't mean other companies dont.

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