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In 1974, Bob Fox ran a small business distributing suspension components for motocross bikes with his brother Geoff. In 1977, [1] the company split into what became Fox Racing (later Fox Head Inc.) under Geoff Fox, and Bob Fox's Fox Racing Shox parts production company, Fox Factory. A holding company, Fox Factory Holding, was established in ...
In July 2006, Fox Racing decided to change its corporate name to Fox Head. [3] The move was complete by the fall of that year. Fox decided such a change would help the brand further penetrate sporting venues aside from motocross, such as mountain bike, wake boarding, surfing; as well as expand into other products.
This page lists notable bicycle brands and manufacturing companies past and present. For bicycle parts, see List of bicycle part manufacturing companies.. Many bicycle brands do not manufacture their own product, but rather import and re-brand bikes manufactured by others (e.g., Nishiki), sometimes designing the bike, specifying the equipment, and providing quality control.
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Despite being initially dismissed as a joke in the UK, [6] and only selling 20 bikes in their first year, [4] the company soon dominated the UK mountain bike scene, with a 50% market share by 1987, [6] selling 20,000 units. [7] Within two more years annual sales were approaching 100,000. [6] 1992 Muddy Fox Alu Comp
Brown maintained Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info, a web site highlighting a broad range of cycling subjects ranging from how to fix a bicycle flat tire to details on Raleigh and English three-speed bicycles, [9] Sturmey-Archer hubs, [10] tandems, [11] and fixed-gear bicycles. [12]
During this time Fox Racing Shox also entered the bicycle industry. As the number of direct substitutes to Rock Shox's products increased, the company experienced difficulties in protecting its position as the leading manufacturer in the business. In June 2000 RockShox moved production to Colorado Springs, which saved an estimated $5 million a ...
Early on, the company's main product was its mountain bikes, and QBP also specialised in importing hard-to-find mountain-bike parts from suppliers in Japan. [6] In 1984, QBP hired its first employee and sold $1 million in parts. [6] In 1996 QBP purchased a 67,000-square-foot (6,200 m 2) warehouse on its current site in West Bloomington. [7]