![]() ![]() One of the world's largest bicycle companies, Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., was founded by Mike Sinyard. Phil Wood & Co.'s stronger and lower-maintenance products went global and are still manufactured out of the Cannery on San Jose's Taylor Street. Meanwhile, young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs saw opportunities that big boys like Schwinn didn't.Įncouraged by Wolfe, mechanical engineer Phil Wood started out in 1971 modernizing bicycle hubs and bottom brackets. ![]() "The bikes weren't that bad," Terry Shaw, says of the road bicycles of the era, "they just required a lot of maintenance and a good mechanic to improve them."Ĭyclists from all over the West Coast visited Spence Wolfe, who built custom parts and sold high-end Cinelli bicycles out of his garage, the Cupertino Bike Shop, on Randy Lane. The Los Gatos, San Jose, Skyline and Pedali Alpini bicycle clubs filled Hellyer Velodrome with spectators on race nights.Īll this riding created a demand for new products and services. GE workers' lunchtime rides on Monterey Highway birthed the Almaden Cycling Touring Club. Silicon Valley engineers rode their bikes to work and formed clubs like the Western Wheelers and the Lockheed employees' Pedalera. Cupertino native Jim Gentes designing the first lightweight aerodynamic helmets Gearing Upīaby boomers kicked off a bicycle boom in the 1960s that rippled through to the 1980s. ![]()
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