SRAM Corporation

SRAM LLC. is a US-based company that manufactures bicycle components and sells. The company's headquarters is located in Chicago. The name " SRAM" is an acronym which is composed of the name of the company founder Scott, Ray and Sam (with Ray the middle name of CEO Stanley Day is ). The European office is located in Nijkerk (Netherlands), the Asian in Taichung ( Taiwan).

History

SRAM was founded in 1987 in Chicago. SRAM is best known for the so-called Grip Shift twist grip shifter, they have taken from Sachs and which was followed by other components such as derailleurs and front derailleur. 20 years after its founding with a product and six employees, SRAM has emerged as the second largest bicycle component manufacturers in the world with 2,000 employees and an extensive product range. With its brands SRAM, RockShox ( mountain bike suspension forks and shocks), Avid ( brakes), Truvativ ( cranks ) and Zipp ( wheels, bicycle handlebars, stems and cranks, etc.) is now SRAM components for almost all types of bikes here.

1997, the company took over the bicycle division of the German company Sachs, which built since 1904 hub gears. The SRAM circuit hubs have been made ​​in Schweinfurt. For this purpose SRAM built in 1999 with subsidies in the millions, a new factory with development center in the industrial and business park valley. The hubs are made entirely in Schweinfurt, whereby a large proportion of items itself produced or purchased from Germany and other European countries.

2006 offered SRAM with SRAM Force and SRAM Rival first time road bike components. This SRAM is the third supplier of racing components in addition to Shimano or Campagnolo.

In recent years, a number of companies was acquired by SRAM:

After the company had in 2003 tried unsuccessfully to relocate the Schweinfurt production in the Czech Republic, SRAM announced 2010 to the cessation of production in Schweinfurt, of the approximately 250 jobs should be eliminated 150. The production should be continued in Asia. The German site should continue to be operated as a development, technical and customer service center and developed.

Products

SRAM expands its components so that the current groups are compatible.

Assemblies series for racing wheels

For racing bikes SRAM offers the following modules series (in high descending order):

  • Red (since 2007)
  • Force ( since 2006)
  • Rival (since 2006)
  • Apex (since 2010)

Assemblies series for mountain bikes

For mountain bikes SRAM offers the following modules series (in high descending order):

  • XX1 (1 × 11 )
  • XX ( 2 × 10)
  • X01 ( 1x11 )
  • X0 (2 x 10 and 3 x 10 )
  • X9 (2 x 10 and 3 x 10 )
  • X7 (2 × 10)
  • X5 ( 2 × 10)

Assemblies series for Trekking-/City-Fahrräder

For Trekking-/City-Fahrräder SRAM offers the following modules series (in high descending order):

  • Via GT (2 × 10)
  • Via Centro ( 2 × 10)
  • Via 27
  • Via 24
  • Dual Drive 30
  • Dual Drive 27
  • Dual Drive 24
Types of business entity Limited Liability Company Groupset SRAM Corporation Stem (bicycle part) Racing bicycle
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