Talk:List of bicycle manufacturing companies

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I removed the link for Var because none of the entries on the disambiguation page corresponded to a bicycle manufacturer. From a google search, it looks like maybe they actually manufacture bicycle tools (not actual bicycles)? Anyway, I guess a new page will have to be created if someone wants to re-link Var.

AdamMorton 00:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Mongoose Bikes Not listed

The Mongoose Bicycle Manufacturer was not listen on this page so someone needs to add a proper link that takes the user directly to the Mongoose Bicycle Manufacturer "stub". Perhaps that was why it was not listed in the first place. I would do it myself except I do not know how to direct the link so it goes to the Mongoose Bicycle Manufacturer page instead of the Mongoose (animal) page.

Generally speaking, the link should be "[[Name (bicycles)|Name]] -Dhodges 19:14, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of the Bontrager bicycle frames

Ever since I bought my Privater in 1998 and now have a Single Speed modified Racelite I have wondered about the evolution of the Bontrager bicycle.

http://www.arkansasvalley.net/bontrager/

is a good site to start..

http://www.eandsweb.com/me/bontrager/

has more details but is limited..

http://www.ridesmarter.com/archives/archive_main.htm

from the horses mouth.

Still a lot of un-answered questions-

What is the differance between a OR and a Race? When did they switch from the squared off frame stickers? What about the two part seat stays? What about the front derailleur pulley? Dates and possible reasons why. Rocklobster Nontragers are made from NOS Tange Prestige from the Santa Cruz Bontrager closure. Does that mean Bontrager frames were made from Tange? I thought they were made from True Temper. What about colors? Did Race and Race Lites come in different colors? Were the colors year specific?

I saw these posts on MTBR

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.ph...ontrager+frame

so I know there is a huge knowledge pool out there.

It can be something as simple as. ***THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE*** and not meant to be accurate

1) 1989 Bontrager cycles is born and the OR frame was made. 2) 1992 Bontrager cycles expands from one man shop to production; OR is discontinued and Race is introduced. a) Frame changes; monostay is capped; horizontal to verticle dropouts; canti hanger from pin to welded stud (functional art). 3) 1994 Frame stickers change from square to pointed; front derailleurs are changed from bottom pull (w/pulley system) to top pull. racelite is introduced. 4) 1995 Trek buys Bontrager 5) 1996 Trek introduces Privateer

Again some of this is just made up. My hope is there are enough Bontrager aficionados out there to make this work.

Brad Goodwin Onespeedbiker 19:28, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inclusion criterion

Anyone considering adding a manufacturer to this list should keep in mind the following from the Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists) guideline:

"Ideally each entry on the list should have a Wikipedia article but this is not required if it is reasonable to expect an article could be forthcoming in the future."

To test the reasonableness of your expectations, you may want to create the article on the manufacturer first and then add it to this list. UnitedStatesian 18:55, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I am re-adding Samchuly: THE major bike company in ROK. I am not re-writing the Samchuly article, which I spent a fair amount of time writing a couple years ago. Some-one must have erased it. (One of the problems with Wik is that if an article gets erased, the editor's record of it gets erased, too.) Before any-one removes Samchuly, look at its home-page or any page about international bike makers. In 2005, Samchuly, makers of Lespo had 61,568,054,000 WON in exports alone. Kdammers (talk) 08:09, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

Have a key for the types of bikes made; F= Folding, R=Road, M=mountain, P=parts, H=hybrid, R=recumbent, Rw=Rowbike, Hd=Hand Cycle ect. Each company would have a series of symbols after the name indicating their products. That way one list of manufactures could be used for all bicycle related articles. Geo8rge 18:57, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Enigma Titanium Limited is labeled as unaccomplished company and denied by Wikipedia

I created this page so that this list would show it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bicycle_manufacturing_companies why should Enighma Titanium Limited not be listed ? Go ahead and see the debate at Enigma Titanium Limited page or at my discussion page if they delete the page prematurely. Teemu Ruskeepää (talk) 16:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)