AtlasP Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Title. Is Kebye changing their company name to Begode or is it the brand Gotway changing names to Begode? Edited September 8, 2020 by AtlasP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iode Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Maybe with enough name changes, people will forget about associating their brand with poor build quality I kid, I kid... but if these acquisitions/rebrands do help up their design game, I'm all for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasP Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Found elsewhere: Quote For whatever reason they couldn’t get Kebye Gotway Ex CN So they go by Begode Wtv apparently in the Ex CN markets We ride “begodes“ in the states from now on So they're still 'Gotway' wheels in China but 'Begode' wheels in western markets. Edited October 12, 2020 by AtlasP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agronick Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 They want to be god? Really should have asked someone who knows english for thoughts on that name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Such a poor choice of a word.. They could have done so much better :-/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyrideWheels Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 It's worse, they changed to Begode. And if you type "begode translate" you either get "hair on the upper lip of a man" or "bigot". They really don't understand Western / USA marketing strategy unfortunately. I'll keep calling it GotWay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 7 hours ago, JoyrideWheels said: I'll keep calling it GotWay. If I understood correctly they will keep GotWay for China; and the new logo is also a "GW" even for Begode.. So for now they are still Gotway to me.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasP Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) On 10/29/2020 at 5:43 PM, null said: If I understood correctly they will keep GotWay for China; and the new logo is also a "GW" even for Begode.. So for now they are still Gotway to me.. I thought so too, and yet I believe I saw someone post a picture where the 'Begode' name was now printed on several components within one of the new models. (There's zero chance they're making different components for inside China and outside, so that means every one of that wheel [forget which one it was] has Begode printed inside of it.) Seems weird/confusing. Edited October 31, 2020 by AtlasP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rywokast Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 what a stupid name... not gonna call it that lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdlzpae Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Yeah... - InMotion - Gotway - Ninebot - Veteran - Rockwheel - KingSong - Begode Which one of those names sounds like a cheap Chinese knockoff? Edited November 16, 2020 by atdlzpae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Electric Dreams Posted November 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 Due to trademarking Gotway changed their name to BEGODE. Strictly speaking the name change was because of foreign markets but from what I've seen it's a name change across the world. Local Gotway riders have Begode gear 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Maybe the change was for markets outside Mainland China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick McCutcheon Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Official explanation from GW (BG? Not sure what the new abbreviation should be): "Begode is the pronunciation translation of Chinese 比高德 Begode should be split into three parts：BE GO DE 比高德 means higher virtue 比-Than，高-Higher，德-Virtue" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasP Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Nick McCutcheon said: "Begode is the pronunciation translation of Chinese 比高德 Begode should be split into three parts：BE GO DE Can I get a phonetic spelling? bee/bay, go/gah, dee/day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick McCutcheon Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 8 hours ago, AtlasP said: Can I get a phonetic spelling? bee/bay, go/gah, dee/day? I'm still not sure how to pronounce it in English, but throwing 比高德 into google translate and clicking the speak button will tell you how it's pronounced in chinese at least 😅 I think I'm going to go with "bee-goh-də" as a close and reasonable analogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothamMike Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 In New Jersey, USA there is a town named Bogota (Columbia, SA Bo ga TAH) (New Jersey USA: BUH go ta) I suspect English speakers will pronounce it (BE-goad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasP Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Nick McCutcheon said: I'm still not sure how to pronounce it in English, but throwing 比高德 into google translate and clicking the speak button will tell you how it's pronounced in chinese at least 😅 I think I'm going to go with "bee-goh-də" as a close and reasonable analogue. lol, in that case (according to google translate): Edited November 17, 2020 by AtlasP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdlzpae Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 @AtlasP I agree. Even such a stupid name like BigBird is better than their current one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Pronounce it in French, then it sounds fancy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothamMike Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, meepmeepmayer said: Pronounce it in French, then it sounds fancy Bay Gohd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarrettJ Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 12:52 AM, Nick McCutcheon said: I'm still not sure how to pronounce it in English, but throwing 比高德 into google translate and clicking the speak button will tell you how it's pronounced in chinese at least 😅 I think I'm going to go with "bee-goh-də" as a close and reasonable analogue. So, I did that...and...well..erm... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick McCutcheon Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, BarrettJ said: So, I did that...and...well..erm... The translation is definitely inaccurate, lol. I just use google translate for the text to speech feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Bee-Gow-Duh This is worse than I expected 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) On 9/13/2020 at 4:28 PM, agronick said: They want to be god? Really should have asked someone who knows english for thoughts on that name. Yeah, no shit. You would think they would bother offering $20 usd to a REAL English speaker, and ask for an opinion. Maybe even pony out a whopping $50 to anyone who would like to translate the manual and stickers too. "begode glue guy" just doesnt have the same bling as "gotway glue guy", now does it? Edited November 19, 2020 by ShanesPlanet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdlzpae Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 You just know that Gotway sounding good was just a fluke. Veteran Sherman!!! That's a good name! It speaks to patriotism. And I'm not even American. And yes, I'm aware that it's Chinese. But hell, the name works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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