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History |
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Cannondale has come a long way
since its birth in a crowded loft
above a pickle factory in 1971,
when it introduced the cycling
industry's first bicycle trailer.
The company grew quickly during its
early years, adding cycling apparel
and accessory lines along the way
while also earning a strong
reputation for innovation and
quality. That reputation proved
invaluable when Cannondale
introduced its first bicycle, a
touring model, in 1983, followed by
a road racing model and a mountain
bike model in 1984. Cannondale
raised the cycling world's eyebrows
by equipping their bicycles with
handcrafted aluminum frames that
were both lighter and more
flex-resistant than the steel models
that dominated the industry at the
time. Cannondale's reputation
encouraged both bike dealers and
customers to give the bicycles a
try, and widespread industry
skepticism quickly gave way to a
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Today Cannondale is the
leading manufacturer of
high-end bicycles,
selling more than 80 models
in over 70 countries
worldwide. Widely regarded
as the bike industry's
leading innovator,
Cannondale and its
handcrafted bicycles have
won numerous design awards
including the "Publisher's
Award for Innovation" from
Bicycling magazine,
"Technological Development
of the Year Award" from
VeloNews magazine, ""Best Of
What's New" award from
Popular Science, "Best New
Products of the Year Award"
from Business Week, "Design
Recognition Award" from ID
magazine, "Computer-Aided
Design Award" from Design
News magazine and a "Design
and Engineering Award" from
Popular Mechanics.
Many of the ideas that
keep Cannondale products on
the cutting edge come from
the sponsored athletes on
the company's professional
racing teams. Possessing an
outstanding heritage in
competitive cycling,
Cannondale today sponsors
the Siemens mobile/Cannondale
and Saeco/Cannondale road
racing teams, and selected
regional amateur teams.
Cannondale mountain bikes
have captured 11 World
Championships, 17 World Cup
Series overall titles, 16
National Championships and
two Olympic medals. The
company's road racing bikes
have won eleven stages at
the Tour de France, 27
stages at the Giro d'Italia,
two Giro d'Italia overall
victories, a Professional
World Championship title,
and two Italian National
Championships.
The feedback provided by the
company's racers, combined
with Cannondale's flexible
production processes, fuel a
near constant stream of both
new innovations and
improvements to existing
products. Those refinements
aren't limited to the
company's
competition-oriented road
racing and mountain bikes,
however; the insights gained
through racing, coupled with
Cannondale's quest for
constant improvement, have
also benefited the company's
wide array of lightweight
recreational bikes as well
as its lines of
state-of-the-art cycling
apparel. |
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Cannondale's Mission |
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"Our mission is to create
innovative, quality products that
inspire cyclists around the world."
Our passion for cycling can be seen
at every turn as we strive to be the
best bicycling company in the world,
day in, and day out. Our unwaivering
focus on and dedication to people -
riders, employees, retailers and
vendors - is what drives us to
conceive and manufacture products of
the highest quality. Year after
year, Cannondale leads the industry
with unsurpassed innovation and
state of the art technology.
Headquartered in Bethel,
Connecticut, Cannondale designs,
develops and produces bicycles at
its factory in Bedford,
Pennsylvania. The company operates
subsidiaries in Holland,
Switzerland, Japan, and Australia,
and is owned by Dorel Industries
Ltd. (TSX: DII.A, DII.B;) |
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