Ridgeback (brand)
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bicycles |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | , England, UK |
Key people | Errol Drew, Founder |
| Products | Bicycles |
| Website | www |
Ridgeback is a British bicycle brand manufacturing road, urban, utility, youth and mountain models. Their bikes are distributed by Sportline UK which is owned by H Young Holdings.
History
Ridgeback’s story started in 1983, when founder Errol Drew created the first UK mountain bike.[1] Drew first spotted a mountain bike at the 1982 New York Bike Show, where he declared it “the future of cycling.”[1]
Ridgeback’s next major development was the creation of the flat handlebar road bike.[citation needed]
The Genesis Day One model was introduced in 2001, with the Genesis marque becoming so strong that in 2006 it became a brand in its own right.
In 2008, Ridgeback was one of the first to introduce disc brakes to its flat handlebar road range.[citation needed]
And in 2015 Ridgeback launched Rapide – a range of performance road bikes.
2016 model list
- Velocity
- Velocity Disc
- Vanteo
- Element
- Supernova
E-bikes – Electron series
- Electron
- Electron+
Road – Rapide
- RC3 Disc
- RC2 Disc
- RC1 Disc
- RL3 Disc
- RL2 Disc
- RL1 Disc
- RC3
- RC2
- RC1
- RL3
- RL2
- RL1
- RL26
- RL24
Urban fitness – Flight series
- Flight 4.0
- Flight 2.0
- Flight 1.0
Off road touring – World series
- Tour
- Voyage
- Expedition
- Panorama
Mountain bike – Dual Track series
- MX2
- MX3
- MX4
- X1
- X3
Town bike – Tradition series
Town bike – Avenida series
- Avenida 3
- Avenida 6
Youth – Dimension series
- 12 Runner
- 14 Runner
- Dimension 16
- Dimension 20
- Dimension 24
- Dimension 26
Kids – Boys series
- MX12
- MX14
- MX16
- MX20
- MX24
Kids – Girls series
- Minny
- Honey
- Melody
- Harmony
- Destiny
Balance bikes – Scoot series
References
- ^ a b "Ridgeback picks its five key bikes over 30 years". Bikebiz. Retrieved 2016-02-01.