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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.

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Ridgeback
Company typePrivate
IndustryBicycles
Founded1983
Headquarters,
England, UK
Key people
Errol Drew, Founder
ProductsBicycles
Websitewww.ridgeback.co.uk
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History

Ridgeback's story started in 1983, when founder Errol Drew created the first UK mountain bike.[1] Drew first spotted a mountain bike at the 1982 New York Bike Show, where he declared it “the future of cycling.”[1]

Ridgeback's next major development was the creation of the flat handlebar road bike.[1]

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.[2]

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.[1]

In 2014, Ridgeback was the 5th most stolen bike in the UK.[3] In 2020, Ridgeback Velocity was the 4th most popular stolen bike in the UK.[4][5]

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2024 model list

E-bikes

E-Active

  • Arcus 1
  • Arcus 1 Open Frame
  • Arcus 2
  • Arcus 2 Open Frame
  • Arcus 3
  • Arcus 3W
  • X2
  • X2 Open Frame

E-Cargo

  • Butcher
  • Errand

E-Utility

  • Advance 1
  • Advance 1W
  • Advance 2
  • Advance 2W
  • Advance 3
  • Advance 3W
  • Electron Front Hub Drive
  • Electron
  • Electron INT
  • Electron S1
  • Electron S2
  • Electron S3

Hybrid & Commute

  • Avenida 6
  • Avenida 7
  • Avenida 21
  • Comet
  • Comet Open Frame
  • Element
  • Element Eq
  • Motion
  • Motion Open Frame
  • Speed
  • Speed Open Frame
  • Supernova Eq
  • Vanteo
  • Velocity
  • Velocity Open Frame

Mountain

  • Terrain 1
  • Terrain 2
  • Terrain 2 Open Frame
  • Terrain 3
  • Terrain 4

Touring

  • Expedition
  • Panorama
  • Tour
  • Voyage
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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

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