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A bike shop or bicycle shop is a business specializing in bicycle sale, maintenance and parts. Bike shops may be small businesses , chain , mail-order or online vendors. Local bike shops (sometimes abbreviated LBS [ 1 ] ) are a key component of the bicycle industry and, in recognition of the value that local bike shops provide, some ...
In 1979 they incorporated into GT Bicycles, Inc. GT standing for the initials of its founder, Gary Turner. Richard sold his bike shop and began selling frames as fast as possible to bicycle distributors across the US and into Europe. Richard headed the business and marketing aspects of the company while Gary was the engineer and production head.
The bicycle business of the Wright brothers, the Wright Cycle Company (originally the Wright Cycle Exchange) successively occupied six different locations in Dayton, Ohio. Orville and Wilbur Wright began their bicycle repair, rental and sales business in 1892, while continuing to operate a print shop (they ended their local newspaper business ...
A bike shop or bicycle shop is a business specializing in bicycle sale, maintenance and parts. Bike shops may be small businesses, chain, mail-order or online vendors. Local bike shops (sometimes abbreviated LBS [3]) are a key component of the bicycle industry and, in recognition of the value that local bike shops provide, some manufacturers ...
Trek Bicycle Corporation is a bicycle, cycling product and electric motorcycle [3] manufacturer and distributor under brand names Trek, Electra Bicycle Company, Bontrager, and Diamant Bikes. The company has previously manufactured bikes under the Gary Fisher , LeMond Racing Cycles , Klein , and Villiger Bikes brand names.
1886 Swift Safety Bicycle. Vehicles that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels arranged consecutively, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817.
Bicycle output in the United States grew to over a million units per year by the turn of the 20th century. The boom in bicycle sales was short-lived, saturating the market years before motor vehicles were common on American streets. By 1905, bicycle annual sales had fallen to only 25% of that reached in 1900.
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 ...