The Trek Bicycle Corporation is a major Americanbicycle company founded in 1976 in Waterloo, Wisconsin. All Trek bikes are designed in America. High-end bikes of every model (such as the 5900 that 6-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong rides) are built in Trek's headquarters town of Waterloo, while the price-competitive models are built in Taiwan or China. Trek is the largest US manufacturer of bicycles and related aftermarket products and is becoming a major industry player worldwide: The privatly held company reported annual sales of $375 million in 2001. The chairman is Richard A. Burke with John Burke as the company president. This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminum tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... There is also the Town of Waterloo in Grant County. ... Lance Armstrong (born September 18, 1971) is an American cyclist from Plano, Texas. ...
Trek owns several bicycle brand names in the US (including Trek, Klein, LeMond and Gary Fisher), many of which are produced domestically in Waterloo. In Europe, Trek manufactures the Daimont and Arrow brands and owns the Wrench Force, Bontrager and Icon aftermarket brands worldwide as well as being the exclusive supplier of Nike bicycling products. Gary Klein can be considered the innovator of the oversized tube aluminum bicycle, which is now a feature of the cycling market. ... Gary Fisher (born 1950) is considered an originator of the sport of mountain bike racing. ... The Nike swoosh logo Nike, Inc. ...
At the 2005 Dauphiné Libéré Lance Armstrong unveiled the new Trek TTXtime trial bike frame. Designed for maximum aerodynamic advantage and developed in just five weeks, the company used a cutting edge software program also used to design Ferrari racing cars. Three frame are currently in use: one by Armstrong, another by teammate Yaroslav Popovych, and the third will be used by 2005 Giro d'Italia winner Paolo Savoldelli in the Tour de France. The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ... In many racing sports an athlete will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. ... The Ferrari Gestione Industriale logo, (C) Ferrari Press Office Ferrari is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professionals held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... Paolo Savoldelli is the road racing cyclist for UCI Pro Tour team Discovery Channel and winner of 2002 Giro dItalia. ... The (Le) Tour de France (French for Tour of France), also simply known as Le Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ...
External links
Trek official site (http://www.trekbikes.com/)
LeMond Racing Cycles (http://www.lemondbikes.com/)
In South African history, the Great Trek was the eastward and north-eastward migration of descendants of Dutch colonists that began in 1835 for the purpose of escaping the recently imposed British rule.
The word trek has entered the English language as one of few words derived from Afrikaans.
Trek is an American bicycle company -- one of the world's largest.
Trek's high-end bicycles (such as the Madone road bike, ridden by seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, and Fuel mountain bike) are built at Trek's world headquarters in the town of Waterloo, Wisconsin, while the price-competitive models are manufactured in Taiwan or mainland China.
Trek owns several bicycle brand names in the U.S. including Klein, LeMond and Gary Fisher, many of which are produced domestically in Waterloo.
Trek recently introduced a new endeavour dubbed "Project One", a new process for purchasing Trekbicycles wherein the customer can choose from among various custom colors, paint scheme designs, and component options, much as a car can be customized at purchase.
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