Velocite Bikes

Velocite Tech. Co Ltd
Private company
Industry Bicycles
Founded 2008
Founder Victor Major
Headquarters Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Key people
 Victor Major, CEO
Jessica Major, GM
Products Bicycles and related components
Revenue undisclosed
Number of employees
 undisclosed
Slogan Ride Velocite Feel Invincible
Website www.velocite-bikes.com

Velocite Bikes is a Taiwanese manufacturer of racing bicycle, mountain bike frames, bicycle wheels and other bicycle components. Notable collaboration partners include the National Cheng Kung University, National Center for High-Performance Computing,[1] Oxeon[2] and Acer Inc.[3][4][5] Velocite specializes in carbon fiber composite products, but also manufactures bicycle frames and components using aluminium alloys. Its core bicycle frame models include the road bike frames "Magnus", "Geos", "Selene" and mountain bike frames "Flux", and "Flux Alloy". The firm is also one of the few manufacturers of full carbon road tubeless wheels, the "Velocite RT50".[6] The firm have been sponsoring the UK based Matrix Fitness Racing Academy women's cycling team since 2012.[7][8]

Victor Major, CEO Velocite Bikes receives 2015 d&i Award from Tony Lo, CEO Giant Bicycles

In 2015 Velocite released the world's first composite rims made using filament winding and launched a new OEM brand, Venn.[9] The Venn Rev 35 TCC wheels made with the rims manufactured by filament winding technology received a 2015 d&i Award.[10][11][12][13]

History

Velocite Bikes was founded in 2008 by the present CEO Victor Major. Prior to starting the brand, Major ran and managed Cycle Taiwan for 2 years. Cycle Taiwan was a cycling community website for English speakers.[14] focussed on providing riding and equipment information for English speaking riders during the time in Taiwan before cycling for sport, or recreation were popular. At that time it was the only active English language cycling website in Taiwan. Seeing the opportunity for racing bicycle production, he launched Velocite Bikes with four original carbon fiber bicycle frame models; "Velocite Helios", "Velocite Magnus", "Velocite Isoflow" and "Velocite Flux", and a line of carbon fiber wheels, "Velocite Noir".

Recognition

the firm is a recipient of several bicycle industry and general enterprise awards:

Member of World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Velocite plan to "revolutionize aero bicycle design"". Road.cc. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Velocite signs carbon R&D deal with Oxeon". BikeBiz.
  3. ↑ "Acer partners with Taiwanese firm for bike manufacturing". Focus Taiwan. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Taiwan Foreign Community National Local Foreign Affairs China-Taiwan Relations Business Arts & Leisure Analysis Acer partners with local firm for bike manufacturing". The China Post. The China Post. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Deploying General Purpose GPUs in a Manufacturing Environment: Software and CFD Development in Bicycle Manufacturing (Presented by Acer Inc.)". GPU Technology Conference. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Velocite RT50 tubeless carbon wheelset". Road.cc. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stefan Wyman: The costs and benefits of sponsoring a women's team". Podium Cafe.
  8. ↑ Sutton, Mark. "Matrix Fitness, Velocite and Vulpine get behind women's cycling". BikeBiz. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Velocite's New Venn Composite Rims Break The Mold w/ Filament Wound, Single Strand Carbon Construction". Bikerumor.com.
  10. ↑ "Venn Rev 35 TCC". iF Design. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "World Premiere; Automated Manufactured Carbon Rims". Bike Europe. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Velocite Unveils Filament Wound Carbon Fibre Bike Rims". Composites Today. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Velocite launches award winning filament wound full carbon rims". JEC Composites. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "深耕國際自行車市場 紹凱揚名國際" (PDF). 主辦單位. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Velocite wins iF Design Award". BikeBiz. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Golden Pin Award Winner". Taipei Design Center US. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Venn Rev 35 TCC". iF Design. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "WFSGI Welcomes New Bicycle Industry Members". Bike-EU. Retrieved 13 October 2013.