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Michael Bluejay's list of |
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Bicycles
& Bicycle Products Companies
BIKEQ.PK, ZAAP.OB
Italicized listings are for Bulletin Board/OTC/Pink
Sheet stocks.
BIKEQ.PK - Cannondale
Corporation
Cannondale Corporation manufactures and
distributes high performance bicycles, clothing,
shoes and bags, bike trailers and other bicycle
accessories. Around 2000 it expanded its line to
include off-road motorcycles. This was a
mistake. While the bicycle business remained
profitable, Cannondale lost money hand over fist
on the motorsports division. In Jan. 2003
Cannondale announced it was filing for Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection and selling its assets
to Pegasus Partners II, which was expected to
continue the bicycle side of the Cannondale
business. (MBJ Jan.
'03)
Socially
Irresponsible?
HUF - Huffy
Sports
Huffy designs, manufactures, sells
bicycles, basket-ball backboards, lawn and
garden tools, and inventory assembly. Huffy also
furnishes services for retail. In 1999, facing
tough competition from Chinese imports, Huffy
closed its last U.S. plants and moved the rest
of its manufacturing to China. According to a
May 10, 2000 Reuters article, activists have
charged that there are "inhumane conditions" at
Huffy's factories in China. (Note, 5-08: Russell Corporation aquired
Huffy in 2004. In 2006, Berkshire Hathaway bought The Russell
Corporation.)
No longer
publicly-traded
ATYR - American Tire
Corporation
[In 2/01, I noticed that their
symbol was delisted on their website no longer
up.] American Tire Corporation is a
development stage company, and it intends to
engage in manufacturing, marketing,
distribution, and sale of airless specialty
tires and tire-wheel assemblies.
BSPT, BSPTG -
Bell Sports Corp.
Bell Sports Corporation designs,
manufactures, markets and distributes bicycle
accessories, bicycle helmets, and auto racing
helmets. [Bell was purchased by
Schwinn/Questor in fall 1998, and Schwinn is
privately held. And no, I don't know why they
had two different stock symbols, either. The
charts were different, so they're weren't the
same thing somehow...] Their web address is
<bellsports.com>, but I'm not linking to
it because their genius web designer disabled
the Back button on their site so if you clicked
over to there you wouldn't be able to return
here.
BYCL -
Fremont Corp.
Fremont Corp., through its
subsidiaries, is engaged in the design,
manufacture and marketing of bicycles, bicycle
parts and componets, steel tubes, and exercise
equipment. (Yahoo, 7-00) [Delisted
on 8-22-03.]
GTBX -
GT
Bicycles, Inc.
GTBX, designs, manufactures and markets
mountain and juvenile BMX bicycles, parts and
accessories, as well as parts and accessories of
other manufacturers, to independent bicycle
dealers. [GT went private in fall 1998.]
RSHX -
Rockshox
Manufactures suspension products
(mostly suspension forks for mountain bikes).
[Purchased by SRAM
in Feb. 2002, which isn't publicly traded.]
WPB.V -
Worldbike
Manufactures a special crank which
grows longer on the downstroke for greater
efficiency and injury prevention. (MBJ) (Note,
6-00: Symbol has been delisted and company's
website no longer works.)
PTII - PTI
Holdings
Manufactures bicycle helmets and
bicycle accessories. (Note, 5-08: No
longer trading, web site no longer works)
TRBX - TRB
Systems
Makes a special kind of
bicycle which
is powered by pumping the pedals up and down,
instead of spinning them. (Note, 5-08: All but stopped trading on
4/21/08)
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