Rocky Mountain Bicycles

Rocky Mountain Bicycles is a Canadian bicycle manufacturer, the company belongs to Procycle Group, a company that makes next bicycles and bicycle accessories.

History

The story of Rocky Mountain goes back to the year 1978. In the basement of a bike shop in Vancouver two men Nishiki modifying racing bikes by equipping the bikes with wide tires, straight handlebars and 5-speed hub gears. So they are to be made ​​suitable for the difficult terrain of the Canadian West Coast. In 1981, the company Rocky Mountain Bicycles Ltd. is formally established, its President is Grayson Bain. Just one year later, the company launched its first own mountain bike, the " Sherpa ". The frame comes from none other than Tom Ritchey, now as then Rahmenbauexperte and a real luminary. After the sale has been extended beyond 1984 on Vancouver, Rocky Mountain supplies since 1989 to customers all over the world. Since 1997, Rocky Mountain is part of the Procycle group, however, continues to operate independently.

Products

Rocky Mountain is known for its mountain bikes and produces a wide range of models for different riding styles and disciplines. Since 2011, the company offers more than 30 different models.

Innovations

Rocky Mountain invented innovative technologies such as Ride -9 system and the geometry RTC (Race Tuned Concept).

Sponsoring

Rocky Mountain support for many years the legendary " Frorider " - consisting of Brett Tippie, Wade Simmons, Thomas Vanderham & Geoff Gulevich. In Germany sponsored the Rocky Mountain "Craft -Rocky Mountain team."