Ridgeback (bicycles)

Ridgeback
Private
Industry Bicycles
Founded 1983
Headquarters Milton Keynes, England, UK
Key people
 Errol Drew, Founder
Products Bicycles
Website www.ridgeback.co.uk

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.

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.

And in 2015 Ridgeback launched Rapide – a range of performance road bikes.

2016 model list


E-bikes – Electron series

Road – Rapide

Urban fitness – Flight series

Off road touring – World series

Mountain bike – Dual Track series

Town bike – Avenida series

Youth – Dimension series

Kids – Boys series

Kids – Girls series

References

  1. 1 2 "Ridgeback picks its five key bikes over 30 years". Bikebiz. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
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