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Didn’t spring for them then, but made myself the promise that I would in the future. Last winter I tried on–and loved–a pair of Outlier Tailored women’s daily riding pants at Hub and Bespoke. So I have up until recently utterly refused to pay a price with three digits in it for a mere pair of pants even after I found a pair of good-looking bike-specific pants.īut when your pants are wrapped around your (ahem) precious parts and you’re riding for miles, they’re not all that “mere,” now, are they? The Blogspedition Goes Panting for PantsĪll my posts on wearing regular clothes address “the pants problem,” in a way, as I describe my quest for clothes in that sweet spot between Nordstrom and the bike shop–a spot that so far goes mostly unfilled by either the fashion world or the bicycling world.The Quest for the Perfect Pants for Biking: Are We There Yet? I Need to Go.The Quest for the Perfect Pants for Biking to Work: Phase I.What else can you call it when I spend a whole week’s worth of blog posts on my nit-picky criteria, my endless hours of fruitless online shopping, and my unwillingness to spend serious coin to take a chance? As in: But I’m quite glad it did so I can write a review based on a serious use well beyond a typical commute.Īfter all, I have been known to wax a wee bit obsessive concerning pants to bike in. I didn’t mean to go on a 50-mile test ride of the Outlier Tailored women’s daily riding pant.
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Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., colloquially known as and stylized as SPECIALIZED, is an American company which designs, manufactures and markets bicycles, bicycle components and related products under the brand name "Specialized", as well as the premium and professional oriented "S-works".The outfit I wore for my 50-mile ride, but with a different bike–here I’m picking up my brand-new Specialized Globe Daily 2, a little 8-speed commuter, at Gregg’s Cycles in the Green Lake neighborhood. The company was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard, a cycling enthusiast who sold his The Morgan Hill, California-based company was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard. Volkswagen Bus for $1,500 to fund a cycle tour of Europe, where he bought handlebars and stems made by Cinelli to take back to the US. Sinyard started importing Italian bike components which were difficult to find in the United States, but the company began to produce its own bike parts by 1976, starting with the Specialized Touring Tire. In 1981, the company introduced its first two bikes, the Sequoia, a sport-touring design and the Allez, a road bike. Specialized also introduced the first major production mountain bike in the world, the Stumpjumper, in 1981. Like the Sequoia and Allez, the Stumpjumper was designed by Tim Neenan and based on an early Tom Ritchey design. Specialized continues to produce bikes under the Stumpjumper name, including both hardtail and full-suspension models. An original Stumpjumper is displayed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In 1989, Specialized introduced the Epic, the world's second mass-production carbon fiber mountain bike. In the early 1990s, Specialized introduced the Globe range of urban bikes it had a major relaunch in 2009, which saw Globe become its own distinct brand.
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Ģ014 time trial bike of world champion Ellen van Dijk The Globe brand has since been discontinued, and Specialized now markets "lifestyle" bikes under its main brand.
In 2012, Specialized issued a recall for about 12,000 bicycles sold through retailers from 2007 until July 2012 due to a faulty front fork. Recalled models include the company's Globe products.Īs of 2023, a customized version of the Specialized Rockhopper mountain bike is used by the London Ambulance Service for their Cycle Response Units which operate in congested areas of the city.
In 1990, Specialized tried to sue RockShox Inc, claiming the company's name too closely resembled the bicycle model name Rockhopper The case was ultimately dismissed with prejudice. In 2006, Specialized sent Mountain Cycle a letter concerning its use of the model name "Stumptown" (nickname for Portland), alleging it resembled the Specialized model name Stumpjumper. Mountain Cycle closed shortly thereafter.
In 2009, Specialized had a trademark dispute with a manufacturer of bicycle bags, Epic Designs, now Revelate Designs.
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In 2010, Specialized took NASCAR driver and team owner Robby Gordon to court over the logo used for his Speed Energy drink brand, claiming it was visually similar to their own 'S' logo. Gordon sued Specialized after receiving a cease-and-desist letter in September 2010 and Specialized then counter-sued Gordon.
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