Cannondale Hybrid Bikes
Today Cannondale is the leading manufacturer of high-end bicycles, and is widely regarded as the bike industry’s leading innovator. Many of the ideas that keep Cannondale products on the cutting edge come from the sponsored athletes on the company’s professional racing teams. The mountain bike teams have captured a dozen or more World Championships, World Cup Series overall titles, National Championships and two Olympic medals. The company’s road racing bikes have won multiple stages at the Tour de France, more than two dozen stages at the Giro d’Italia, two Giro d’Italia overall victories, a Professional World Championship title, and two Italian National Championships.
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Shimano Hybrid Bikes
Shimano is the leader of the global bicycle component market, commanding approximately 50% of the market share. Its products include drivetrain, brake, wheel and pedal components for road, mountain, and hybrid bikes. These components are generally organized as groupsets intended to be used as a near complete collection of a bicycle’s mechanical parts.
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Trek Hybrid Bikes
Trek Bicycle Corporation is the United States’ largest bicycle manufacturer, distributing bicycles and cycling products under the Trek, Gary Fisher, Bontrager, Klein and (until recently) LeMond brand names through a network of over 1,700 independent bicycle dealers across the U.S. and Canada. Trek products are available through subsidiary offices in Europe and Asia and distributors in 90 countries worldwide. Trek is headquartered in Waterloo, Wisconsin, the site of the company’s domestic high-end frame production. Domestic bicycle assembly takes place at Trek’s Whitewater, Wisconsin facility, while the majority of its bicycles are built in Taiwan and mainland China. The name “Trek” comes from the Afrikaans word for “journey.”
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Specialized Hybrid Bikes
Specialized was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard, a cycling enthusiast who sold his VW van for the $1500 startup capital. Sinyard started out importing hard-to-find bike components, but the company began to produce its own bike parts by 1976. Specialized introduced the first major production mountain bike in the world, the Stumpjumper, in 1980 and since then has maintained a reputation as one of the most innovative companies in the bicycle and bicycle accessory market.
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Schwinn Bikes
The Schwinn Bicycle Company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn in Chicago in 1895 and became the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles through most of the 20th century. The company’s rise and fall in fortunes over its lifetime has been widely used to illustrate the issues faced by entrenched companies in a dynamic and changing marketing environment.
Giant Hybrid Bikes
For nearly three decades, Giant has devoted itself to the growth of both cycling and cycling culture. Giant has actively participated in the development of cycling, from that of simple transportation to its current popularity as a recreational and sport activity. Giant believes the bicycle brings quality to life, and it takes personal responsibility for improving the cycling experience. The ability to bring new and healthier lifestyles to customers around the globe makes Giant proud.
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Fuji Hybrid Bikes
Fuji is well on its way to becoming Japan’s most popular bike, dominating not just the marketplace, but also winning races in cycling competitions held around Japan. Fuji engineers begin researching and developing bicycles for world-class racing, not only to win, but also to use the competitive environment as a laboratory for advanced bicycle technoloy.
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