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In 1993, Trek introduced its first OCLV Carbon mountain bike frames, the 9800 and the 9900, which at 2.84 lb (1.29 kg) was the world's lightest production mountain bike frame. In 1993, Trek also acquired Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes, named after Gary Fisher, one of the inventors of the mountain bike and one of the most popular names in off-road ...
Klein was a bicycle company founded by Gary Klein that pioneered the use of large diameter aluminium alloy tubes for greater stiffness and lower weight.. Klein produced his first bicycle frames while a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the 1970s, and full production runs of frames began in the 1980s.
Its rear suspension adapted the A-arm suspension design from sports car racing, and was the first four-bar linkage in mountain biking. [8] In 1992, Howie Cohen, who had previously imported Nishiki, Azuki and Kuwahara bicycles, assisted Gary Fisher with his brand, [9] 18 months later brokering the acquisition of Fisher by Trek Bicycle ...
Ryan Howard (Trek) Matt Hunter (Specialized) Andreu Lacondeguy (Commencal) Anthony Messere (Morpheus/Red Bull) Sam Reynolds (Polygon Bikes) Brett Rheeder (Trek) Nicholi Rogatkin (Specialized) Brandon Semenuk (Trek) Wade Simmons (Rocky Mountain) Martin Söderström (Specialized/Red Bull) Kurt Sorge (Evil Bikes) Cameron Zink (YT/Monster Energy)
They started a decade ago — a mom encouraged her son to think of others at Christmas. Now Sacramento’s Boys 4 Bikes is a “giant thing.”
Keith Bontrager (/ b ɒ n ˈ t r eɪ ɡ ər /; born December 18, 1954) is a motorcycle racer [1] who became a pioneer in the development of the modern mountain bike.Between 1980 and 1995, he was president of his own Bontrager Company, which continues to develop components for Trek Bicycle Corporation after Trek bought out Bontrager.
Richard (Dick) Burke (June 4, 1934 – March 9, 2008) [1] was the co-founder of Trek Bicycle Corporation. Trek is known among cyclists for making the bikes that Lance Armstrong rode in his Tour de France victories.
Trek, the bike supplier, confirmed shortly before the team was officially presented that they would be a co-title sponsor, giving the team a full name of "Leopard Trek." [9] Team rider Wouter Weylandt died as a result of a high-speed, downhill crash during the 2011 Giro d'Italia. The remaining riders of Leopard Trek left the competition at the ...