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In 2002 Giant signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Satellite Sports Group (a company that then managed the former GT Air Show) to begin manufacturing Giant branded bikes to boost the Giant label. [10] These bikes were priced between $150 and $350, filling in the open entry level price gap that their Mosh labeled high-end bikes could not ...
King Liu (Chinese: 劉金標; born 2 July 1934) is the founder of Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. Liu was not a cyclist himself before founding Giant. [ 1 ] However, in 2007, at age 73, he rode around Taiwan on a bicycle, [ 2 ] and at age 75 he rode from Beijing to Shanghai .
In 1977 some Nishiki models began to come from Gaint of Taiwan. Over time more models were made by Gaint. Kawamura manufactured frames continued until the 1987, for the 1988 model year. In 1988, Derby International took over the Nishiki brand in the USA. There were no more bicycles from Kawamura and early in 1989 no more bicycles supplied by Giant.
The Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer began its international sponsorship activities in 1991 with the Australian Institute of Sport Cycling Team. Riders, such as Robbie McEwen, Patrick Jonker, Henk Vogels, David McKenzie started their International cycling career at the Australian Institute of Sport on GIANT bikes. When the Trade Team was founded ...
Wheelie bikes and Early BMX (1965–1980)—This fast-growing segment of the hobby in North America focuses on the Schwinn Sting-Rays, Raleigh Choppers and other banana seat bikes of the 1960s and the early BMX models that grew out of them. The Sting-Rays offered a huge assortment of accessories, much like the old cruisers, but over this period ...
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century there were more ...
Bicycle manufacturers usually assign model names to specific designs. These model names are important in determining the intended use, price-range and era of a bicycle. Subcategories
David V. Herlihy Bicycle – The History. 2004; Hans-Erhard Lessing Automobilitaet – Karl Drais und die unglaublichen Anfaenge, 2003 (in German) Pryor Dodge The Bicycle 1996 (French ed 1996, German eds 1997, 2002, 2007) Taylor, Michael (2008). "The Bicycle Boom and the Bicycle Bloc: Cycling and Politics in the 1890s". Indiana Magazine of History.