Ridgeback (brand)

Ridgeback is a British bicycle brand manufacturing road, urban, utility, youth and mountain models. Their bikes are distributed by Sportline UK which is owned by H Young Holdings.

History

Ridgeback’s story started in 1983, when founder Errol Drew created the first UK mountain bike.
Drew first spotted a mountain bike at the 1982 New York Bike Show, where he declared it “the future of cycling.”

Ridgeback’s next major development was the creation of the flat handlebar road bike.

In 2001, Ridgeback introduced The Genesis Day One model, with the Genesis marque becoming so strong that in 2006 it became a brand in its own right.

In 2008, Ridgeback was one of the first to introduce disc brakes to its flat handlebar road range. And in 2015 Ridgeback launched Rapide – a range of performance road bikes.

In 2014, Ridgeback was the 5th most stolen bike in the UK. In 2020, Ridgeback Velocity was the 4th most popular stolen bike in the UK.

2016 model list

* Velocity
* Velocity Disc
* Vanteo
* Element
* Supernova

E-bikes – Electron series

* Electron
* Electron+

Road – Rapide

* RC3 Disc
* RC2 Disc
* RC1 Disc
* RL3 Disc
* RL2 Disc
* RL1 Disc
* RC3
* RC2
* RC1
* RL3
* RL2
* RL1
* RL26
* RL24

Urban fitness – Flight series

* Flight 4.0
* Flight 2.0
* Flight 1.0

Off road touring – World series

* Tour
* Voyage
* Expedition
* Panorama

Mountain bike – Dual Track series

* MX2
* MX3
* MX4
* X1
* X3

Town bike – Tradition series

Town bike – Avenida series

* Avenida 3
* Avenida 6

Youth – Dimension series

* 12 Runner
* 14 Runner
* Dimension 16
* Dimension 20
* Dimension 24
* Dimension 26

Kids – Boys series

* MX12
* MX14
* MX16
* MX20
* MX24

Kids – Girls series

* Minny
* Honey
* Melody
* Harmony
* Destiny

Balance bikes – Scoot series

References

External links

Official website

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Cycle manufacturers of the United Kingdom