Trek Bicycle Corporation.
company_type = Private
Type
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Waterloo, Wisconsin
Key people	John Burke, President
Industry	Bicycles
Products	Bicycle and Related Components
Revenue	undisclosed
Employees	undisclosed
Website	www.trekbikes.com

The Trek Bicycle Corporation is a major American bicycle and component manufacturer. Trek's high-end bicycles (such as the Madone road bike, ridden in three of seven Tour de France victories by 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 is the largest US manufacturer of bicycles and related aftermarket products and is becoming a major industry player worldwide. Trek currently supplies the bicycles for the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team of the USA. Image File history File links Trek_wordmark. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... There is also the Town of Waterloo in Grant County. ... This mountain bicycle features oversized tires, a sturdy frame, front shock absorbers, and handlebars oriented perpendicular to the bikes axis Bicycle may also refer to Bicycle Playing Cards. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... For other uses, see Bicycle (disambiguation). ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... A cross country mountain bike race A hardtail mountain bike A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated MTB or ATB (All Terrain Bicycle)) is a bicycle designed for mountain biking, either on dirt trails or other unpaved environments. ... There is also the Town of Waterloo in Grant County. ... ... Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: DSC) is a US-based professional road bicycle racing team. ...

Trek owns several bicycle brand names in the U.S. including Klein, LeMond and Gary Fisher, many of which are produced domestically in Waterloo. In Europe, Trek manufactures the Villiger, Diamant and Arrow brands. Trek also owns Wrench Force, Bontrager--which was a well known and well regarded manufacturer of high-end bicycles in Santa Cruz, CA--and Icon aftermarket brands worldwide as well as being the exclusive supplier of Nike bicycling products. Bontrager bicycles were produced for a period of time following the purchase by Trek, however the nameplate Bontrager is no longer active following a decision by Trek to cease production. Bontrager is still making wheels, and other components. Inventor Gary Klein can be considered the innovator of the oversized tube aluminum bicycle, which is now a fixture in the cycling market. ... Gregory James Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three time winner of the Tour de France. ... Gary Christopher Fisher (born 1950) is the best inventors of the mountain bike. ... Nike, Inc. ...

At the 2005 Dauphiné Libéré Lance Armstrong unveiled the new Trek TTX time 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. Trek also delivered a new Madone SSLx frame to Lance for use in the 2005 Tour de France. Its frame is 10% lighter than the current production Madone SSL, and boasts a 15% stiffer bottom bracket area due to the use of boron in combination with the carbon fiber. 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 (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a 22 day long, 20 stage road race that is usually run over a distance of more than 3000km. ...

Both bikes are the result of the "F-One" development team. Formed in 2003, the team consists of aerodynamic wheel guru Steve Hed of HED Cycling, Nike, Giro, AMD, and aerodynamicist Len Brownlie. The results of the F-One collaboration can be seen in the aforementioned TTX Time Trial frame, as well as in Giro's new Time Trial Helmets and Nike's Swift Spin time trial skin suits. Nike, Inc. ... Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ...

Trek recently introduced a new endeavour dubbed "Project One", a new process for purchasing Trek bicycles 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.

On May 31st, 2007, Trek introduced the second generation of its top of the line Madone series.

Primary competitors in U.S. market

• Specialized Bicycle Components (USA)
• Cannondale Bicycle Corporation (USA)
• Cervélo (Canada)
• Colnago (Italy)
• Bianchi (Italy)
• Pacific Cycle (USA)
• Gary Fisher Bikes (USA) (owned by Trek Bicycle Corporation since 1993)
• Giant Manufacturing (Taiwan)
• GT Bicycles(USA)

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External links

• Trek official site
• Trek Y-foil site
• Vintage Trek site

Gallery

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