Trek was founded with the goal of providing customers with high-quality, durable bikes that would last a lifetime. Each bike at Trek is designed with a different use or rider in mind for every environment, including street, mountain, town, and even inclement weather.
In 1993 Trek also acquired Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes, named after Gary Fisher, one of the inventors of the mountain bike and one of the most popular names in off-road cycling. Fisher had founded Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes in 1983 and sold his company in 1991 to Taiwan's Anlen company, remaining on as President. Trek Travel operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Trek Bicycle until January 2007, when Trek spun off its interests in the company. Despite the split, Trek and Trek Travel enjoy a close working relationship. In 2003, Trek acquired Villiger, a Swiss bicycle company, and Diamant, the oldest bicycle company in Germany. In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet Academy is where recruits to Starfleet 's officer corps are trained. It was created in the year 2161, when the United Federation of Planets was founded. The Academy's motto is Ex astris, scientia - From the stars, knowledge.. One of the groundskeepers of the Academy is a man called Boothby, a character played by Ray Walston who is first featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode  The First Duty . Tech-Trek LTD. Founded in 1982, Tech-Trek Ltd is a leading Canadian Electronic Component Manufacturer Representative with full coverage throughout Canada. TTL is committed to supplying both our Customer and Distributor Partners with the highest level of technical and customer support.  From a shed in Wisconsin to international distribution. Trek Bikes is a popular American bicycle and bicycle product manufacturer. Trek was founded in 1976 and started out producing steel touring frames in a small shed in Waterloo, Wisconsin. Trek is now one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in existence and produce bikes of all varieties for riders all over the world.  Trek Bicycle Corporation is a major bicycle and cycling product manufacturer and distributor under brand names Trek, Electra Bicycle Company, Gary Fisher, Bontrager, Diamant Bikes, Villiger Bikes and until 2008, LeMond Racing Cycles and Klein. Trek Travel operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Trek Bicycle until January 2007, when Trek spun off its interests in the company. Despite the split, Trek and Trek Travel enjoy a close working relationship. In 2003, Trek acquired Villiger, a Swiss bicycle company, and Diamant, the oldest bicycle company in Germany. More Information. Trek was founded with the goal of providing customers with high-quality, durable bikes that would last a lifetime. Each bike at Trek is designed with a different use or rider in mind for every environment, including street, mountain, town, and even inclement weather He was 73. In 1976, Richard Burke founded the company in a red barn in Waterloo, Wis., about 30 miles east of Madison. Trek is known among cyclists for making the bikes that Lance Armstrong rode in his Tour de France victories. Those models feature carbon fiber frames and can sell for thousands of dollars. MILWAUKEE  Richard Dick Burke, the founder of best-selling bicycle-maker, Trek Bicycle Corp., has died. Burke died Monday night at a Milwaukee hospital from complications from heart surgery, said his son, John Burke, the company's president. He was 73 Trek History and Articles Trek first started making bicycle frames in 1976. Trek made a total of 805 frames that first year (according to a 2008 article in the New York Times). Two years later they started offering complete bicycles in addition to the bare frames. All of the early frames were silver brazed, a more costly and exacting process than using brass brazing rods. An interesting presentation of the business history of Trek was made by Richard A. Burke, Chairman and CEO of Trek, in October of 2000. The presentation was made as part of Profiles of American Enterprise at the University of Colorado.
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