Brands – Page 2 – Dirt

Mountain Biking Magazine

Brands - Page 2

Manitou

After a number of years scratching a living by building mountain bike frames, straight blade forks, stems, and front and rear hubs, Manitou founder Doug...

Manitou

Marzocchi

By the time it introduced its first mountain bike suspension fork, the Star, in 1989, Italian company Marzocchi had been involved with suspension innovation for...

Marzocchi

DVO

DVO (‘Developed Suspension’) is a high-end mountain bike suspension brand founded in May 2012 and based in Valencia, California. The company was the brainchild of...

DVO

Pivot Cycles

American company Pivot Cycles is based in Tempe, Arizona, and is run by CEO/President Chris Cocalis. Now in its sixth year of business, it recently...

Pivot Cycles

Kona

Kona was founded in 1988 by Dan Gerhard and Jacob Heilbron, with offices opening in Blaine, Washington and Vancouver, BC. It was originally known as...

Kona

Ghost

German bike brand Ghost is based in the town of Waldsassen in northern Bavaria. It was founded in 1993 by Klaus Moehwald and Uwe Kalliwoda,...

Ghost

YT Industries

YT Industries is a direct-sales montain bike brand based in Forcheim, Germany, run by Markus Flossmann. It was founded in 2007 with the aim of...

YT Industries

Cube

German bicycle manufacturer Cube was founded in 1993 by Marcus Pürner, and started life in an area of just 50 m² in Pürner’s father’s furniture...

Cube

Orange

Orange is a British mountain bike company founded in 1988. It offers a range of all-mountain, suspension XC/trail, aluminium hardtail and cross/freeroad bikes, plus components...

Orange

Troy Lee Designs

American company Troy Lee Designs produces helmets, gloves, protection and race clothing for motocross and off-road bike riders, as well as a range of casual...

Troy Lee Designs

Avid

Brake maker Avid is part of Chicago-based bike components giant SRAM, along with brands such as Truvativ, RockShox, Zipp and SRAM itself. Avid entered the...

Avid

O'Neal

Founded by Californian Jim O’Neal, the O’Neal company was one of the pioneers in MX clothing when the sport was beginning to grow in the...

O'Neal

Sombrio

Founded in 1998 by Dave Watson, an early pioneer of Vancouver’s North Shore gravity-fuelled freeride movement, Sombrio designs and manufactures high performance apparel, outerwear and...

Sombrio

Race Face

Canadian company Race Face Performance Products, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been designing and manufacturing leading-edge performance cycling components, clothing and protection since 1993....

Race Face

Renthal

British brand Renthal had been a name in the moto industry for many years before it began releasing products into the mountain bike arena in...

Renthal

Easton

American company Easton Cycling is best known for its range of wheels for road and dirt bikes. Born at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los...

Easton

Chris King

Portland, Oregon-based Chris King Precision Components is an independent company offering a range of headsets, hubs, bottom brackets, wheels, parts and tools. Leading mountain bike...

Chris King

Thomson

Former aircraft engineer and machine shop owner Ronnie Thomson began L.H. Thomson Company, Inc in 1981, and soon began focusing his attentions on the manufacturing...

Thomson

Cane Creek

Cane Creek Cycling Components is based in Fletcher, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1991 and now offers a range of products including headsets,...

Cane Creek

Giro

Giro is best known for its bike helmets, but also offers a range of gloves, shoes, clothing and accessories. Founded in 1985 by Jim Gentes,...

Giro

POC

POC, based in Stockholm, Sweden, began life by making helmets and protective wear for skiers and snowboarders, but in recent years has branched out into...

POC

ODI

Over the past 25 years, ODI has made some of the world’s best grips for ATV, BMX, fixed gear bikes, motocross, snowmobile, road bikes and...

ODI

Maxxis

American brand Maxxis was founded in 1967 and has since become one of the world’s leading high-quality tyre companies, available in 170 countries and employing...

Maxxis

Schwalbe

Owned by the Bohle family since its establishment in 1922, tyre manufacturer Schwalbe has a range of bike tyres designed for all off-road disciplines, including...

Schwalbe
production