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2. Calfee Design - Wikipedia

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   Calfee built his first carbon fiber bike in 1987, [4] the first all carbon fiber frameset to be raced in the Tour de France for Greg LeMond in 1991. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Calfee was awarded overall "Best Road Bike" and "Best Off-Road Bike" at the 2006 North American Handmade Bike Show, where it displayed a bamboo bicycle that went into retail production ...

3. Look Cycle International - Wikipedia

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   [4] [5] LOOK's pedal designs would go on to inspire rival manufacturers for years. [6] In 1986, LOOK unveiled the KG86, the first-ever carbon frame, handcrafted with a combination of carbon and kevlar. The frame was first tested in competition at the 1986 Tour de France by Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault. With this innovation, LeMond won his ...

4. Kestrel USA - Wikipedia

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   1986: Kestrel's first bicycle, the Kestrel 4000 road bike, is released, featuring all-carbon, fully aerodynamic frame design; 1986: Kestrel is the first in the industry to introduce bladder-molded monocoque carbon structures. 1988: The company unveils the "Nitro" full-suspension mountain bike after collaboration with Keith Bontrager

5. Merlin (bicycle company) - Wikipedia

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   The first Merlin frame was a mountain bike frame custom-built for the defending National Mountain Bike Champion Joe Murray. [2] In the following year, the company began a strong relationship with frame designer Tom Kellogg, who helped them produce the world's first 3-2.5 titanium alloy road bicycle frame. [ 2 ]

6. LeMond Racing Cycles - Wikipedia

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   LeMond on carbon fiber in the 1991 Tour. Greg LeMond was a pioneer in the use of carbon fiber bicycle frames in European professional road cycling, and his Tour de France win in 1986 ahead of Bernard Hinault was the first for carbon. [2] LeMond rode a "Bernard Hinault" Signature Model Look prototype that year.

7. GT Bicycles - Wikipedia

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   GT was founded in 1972, by Gary Turner and Richard Long in Santa Ana, California, and was noted at its inception for spearheading the prominence of BMX bicycles, later for developing a range of bikes around its "triple triangle" design, and at the end of its independent history, winning a commission to manufacture a $30,000 carbon fiber ...