Trek Bicycle Corporation
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Trek is a major American bicycle company; their 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, Wisconsin, 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.
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 Villiger, Diamant 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.
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. 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.
External links
- Trek official site (http://www.trekbikes.com/)
- LeMond Racing Cycles (http://www.lemondbikes.com/)
- Bicycle Manufacturers Directory (http://www.manufacturers-directory-supplier.com/)de:Trek