Specialized Bicycle Components

Infobox_Company
company_name = Specialized Bicycle Components

company_type = Private
company_slogan = To give everyone the best ride of their life.
foundation = 1974
location_city = flagicon|USA Morgan Hill, California
location_country = USA
key_people = Mike Sinyard, CEO
industry = Bicycles
products = Bicycle and Related Components
revenue = US$200,000,000 (est.) (2000) [citeweb|title=Company History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Specialized-Bicycle-Components-Inc-Company-History.html|publisher=FundingUniverse.com|accessdate=2008-07-09]
num_employees = 300 (2002) [citeweb|title=Company History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Specialized-Bicycle-Components-Inc-Company-History.html|publisher=FundingUniverse.com|accessdate=2008-07-09]
homepage = [http://www.specialized.com/ www.specialized.com]

Specialized Bicycle Components is a major American manufacturer of bicycles based in Morgan Hill, California.

Products

Today, the company produces a variety of gear, including clothing, helmets, and parts, in addition to over 25 lines of bikes. They range from cheaper models such as the Hardrock, P series, and the children's Hotrock, up to the expensive S-Works models for road and cross-country riding, and the Demo for freeride and downhill mountain biking. Specialized's current line-up of bicycles are as follows:

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;Mountain
*Epic: competitive full-suspension cross country
*Stumpjumper FSR: full-suspension cross country
*Era FSR: women's full-suspension cross country
*Safire FSR: women's full-suspension cross country
*Myka FSR: women's full-suspension recreational
*FSRxc: light full-suspension cross country
*Enduro SL: full-suspension all mountain
*Pitch: full-suspension all mountain
*SX Trail: full-suspension light freeride
*Demo: full-suspension freeride and downhill
*BigHit: full-suspension freeride and downhill
*P.Bikes: progressive hardtail
*Stumpjumper HT: competitive hardtail cross country
*Era HT: women's hardtail cross country
*Rockhopper: recreational hardtail cross country
*Hardrock: all-terrain hardtail
*HRXC: all-terrain hard tail
*Hotrock: kids mountain bike

;All-road & Freeroad
*Tricross: cyclo-cross
*Crosstrail: performance all-road

;Road
*Langster: velodrome
*Transition: triathlon racing
*Tarmac: competitive road
*Allez: competitive road
*Roubaix: performance endurance road
*Ruby: women's performance road
*Dolce: women's performance road
*Sequoia: recreational performance road

;Multi Street
*Sirrus: ergonomic fitness and commute
*Vita: women's recreational fitness
*Globe: performance urban/utility
*Globe Centrum: performance urban/utility
*GlobeCity: performance urban/utility
*Crossroads: comfort street
*Expedition: comfort all-terrain

;BMX
*Fuse: performance dirt/street/vertical

Use

Many riders in recent years have used Specialized bicycles in the North American and European professional cycling circuit. Currently, Team Gerolsteiner and Quick Step-Innergetic are riding the Tarmac (a full carbon fiber composite road bike) in the Tour de France. Team Gerolsteiner equips their bikes with Shimano components while Quick Step-Innergetic uses Campagnolo components with roval wheels by specialized

Specialized has also equipped Manuel Höchbauer, the Bavarian cyclist (Team Parsberg) and champion of the German HC.

Specialized bikes also sponsors the University of Georgia Collegiate Cycling Team.

Specialized announced on the 1st of September, 2008, that beginning 2009, it would sponsor Team CSC-Saxo Bank which will be solely known as Saxo Bank in 2009. This ends the 6 year partnership between CSC and Cervelo.

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Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.specialized.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.specialized.com/bc/company_history.jsp?a=b Brief Company History]
* [http://www.uga.edu/cycling/ University of Georgia Cycling Team]