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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 .
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 ...
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
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 ...
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.
Around 1870 English inventor James Starley, described as the father of the bicycle industry, and others, began producing bicycles based on the French boneshaker but with front wheels of increasing size, [4] because larger front wheels, up to 5 feet (152 cm) in diameter, enabled higher speeds on bicycles limited to direct-drive.
Monarch Cycle produced a chain-less bicycle with a patented two-piece crankshaft. [3] To promote the company, they sponsored safety bicycle contests for their trick rider Lee Richardson. [4] [5] In 1899 the company was sold to the Bicycle Trust. [6] The American Bicycle Company only lasted a few years (from 1899-1903).