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PROFILEBike Development TeamEMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT126 | 127Pictured from left: Bob Margevicius, Andy Jacques-Maynes,Joe “Buck” Buckley, and Brandon Sloan
THE 12 PAGES THAT FOLLOW are filledwith the most minute specifications for nearly everypart on most of our nearly 200 bike models.Somebody, namely our seven-member BicycleDevelopment Team, traveled the world in an effortto source and secure every single one of thosecomponents, all to improve every ride you take.. “”There’s probably an easier and cheaper way toassemble an entire line of bikes than the way wedo it,” says Senior Vice President of Bikes BobMargevicius, “But the only way to ensure that we’recontinually developing new technologies and givingour customers the best bike for the type of ridingthey enjoy is to develop or handpick every piece.”A half-dozen dedicated team members including,Andy Jacques-Maynes, Brandon Sloan, and JoeBuckley, (Deacon James, Travis Widder, MarcoSonderegger, not pictured), rack up more frequentflyer miles than a federal air marshall developing justthe right drop bar for our Tricross, wheelset for ourDemo, fork for our Crosstrail and a million-and-oneother crucial decisions.But a well-worn passport isn’t the only requirementfor making the cut on“The only way to ensurethe Bike Developmentthat we’re continuallyTeam. “You’ve got todeveloping newabsolutely love riding technologies and givingand be obsessed with our customers the bestmaking it more enjoyable,”says Margevicius. they enjoy is to handpickbike for the type of ridingTo wit, the entire team every piece.”knows their way aroundtwo wheels in motion better than most. Team leaderMargevicius is a former European professional roadracer who battled with Merckx; Sloan is a top-tenfinisher at the UCI Master’s World Downhill Championships;and Jacques-Maynes a UCI ranked cyclocrossracer. “I can’t believe the number of ideas andinnovations that we hatch when we’re out riding,”says Margevicius. “Which is a good excuse to getout and ride more.”
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