Specialized found Mike Sinyard sent an open letter of apology to the biking community. He acknowledges he handled it poorly and was wrong. Against the backdrop of  $11,000,000 in counterfeit Specialized gear just this year, he allowed his lawyers to overzealously pursue Cafe Roubaix.

“I heard you and you can rest assured I took it to heart. I realize now that we went too far with this aggressive approach and as a result and in some cases we hurt the local bikes shops and small businesses we wanted to protect.” – Mike Sinyard

It’s good to see an apology and Dan. Hopefully Mike can gain a sense of community that many feel Specialized has been missing.

Get the full letter and pics from some of the Specialized knock-off’s that failed at Bikerumor!