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2. Vitus (bicycle company) - Wikipedia

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   Vitus made a significant breakthrough in bicycle technology by introducing the world's first mass-produced aluminium frames in the mid-1970s. These frames, known as Vitus 979, revolutionized the cycling industry with their lightweight and responsive characteristics.

3. Cycles Peugeot - Wikipedia

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   By the early 1970s, the 21 lb PX-10E used a frame made with Reynolds 531 manganese-molybdenum (MnMo) double-butted steel tubing and was fitted with lightweight aluminum alloy (Stronglite, Mafac, and Simplex) components, though by the mid-1980s it was upgraded to Campagnolo Nuovo Record crankset/pedals, derailleurs, and headset. The PX-10E was ...

4. Jacquie Phelan - Wikipedia

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   Her bike Otto, was among the first aluminum frames raced, with drop bars off-road, and her creative attire. Phelan is married to Wilderness Trail Bikes founder and component inventor Charlie Cunningham, the bicycle frame builder whose aluminum bike, "Otto," Phelan raced unbeaten for six years. This bike was the first modern lightweight mountain ...

5. List of bicycle types - Wikipedia

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   The city bike differs from the familiar European city bike in its mountain bike heritage, gearing, and strong yet lightweight frame construction. It usually features mountain bike-sized (26-inch) wheels, a more upright seating position, and fairly wide 1.5–1.95-inch (38–50 mm) heavy belted tires designed to shrug off-road hazards commonly ...

6. Pacific Cycles - Wikipedia

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   "CarryMe" - is an aluminum body lightweight folding bicycle with 8-inch pneumatic tires introduced in 2006. [14] It was designed and developed by George Lin in their R&D center. [15] By early 2008, Lin, then 70 years old, had ridden his own CarryMe more than 2,000 miles. [16] "IF" - is a type of quickly foldable bicycle released in 2007.

7. Schwinn Bicycle Company - Wikipedia

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   By this time, Schwinn's bicycle factory was completely outmoded in comparison to modern bicycle manufacturing centers in Japan and Taiwan, who had continually invested in new and up-to-date manufacturing techniques and materials, including new joinery techniques and the latest lightweight chrome-molybdenum alloy steel, and later, aluminum.