Cannondale
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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 host of imitators.
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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How to find Coolum Cycles
Coolum Cycles is located on the Yandina Coolum Rd
in Coolum, on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.
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