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Still Small. Even More Useful. With a 200 kg (440 lb) Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight, the GSD is ready to replace your car.It’ll let you carry two kids plus groceries, or a whole lot of cargo—but it’s the same length as a regular bike.
Enormously Useful. Surprisingly Smaller. The HSD is mighty but mini: It’s easy to handle, easy to share, extremely comfortable to ride, carries a whole lot of cargo—and all of this in a compact design that’s shorter than a standard bicycle.
Inside Tern
At Tern, we’re working to build a sustainable future based on a core belief that the bicycle—the ultimate high-efficiency vehicle—is central to that vision. Every action we take can be traced to this single, simple foundation.
PRODUCT PHILOSOPHY
We build bicycles with the aim of changing the world. Or at least the way people move. Our bicycles combine all the things people need to travel less by car and more by bicycle.
OUR NAME
We named our company after a small, lightweight bird that mates for life and holds the world record for the longest migration.
PROTECTING OUR PLANET
Our commitment to sustainability is central to who we are. We design our bikes to be serviceable rather than land-fillable. And we are constantly searching for ways to reduce our impact, like minimizing packaging, specifying recycled cardboard, and reducing use of harmful chemicals like chromium.
CHAMPIONING THE BICYCLE
At home, we enable our own employees to bike to work with free bicycles, showers, and changing rooms. Further afield, we partner with municipal transit authorities to make it easier to carry bikes on public transportation. And we actively participate in cycling associations to support people who want to use bicycles as a healthier, greener form of transportation.