bikemaker
nounEtymology From bike + maker.
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A person or company which manufactures bicycles or motorbikes.
- Indeed, it was a Watertown, Mass., bikemaker named Sterling Elliot who turned out the first sulkies with small, steel-spoked wheels and pneumatic tires in 1892.1979 April, Charles Leerhsen, “High technology at the track”, in Popular Mechanics:
- Huffy Corp. this afternoon withdrew its offer in federal bankruptcy for rival bikemaker Schwinn/GT.2001 September 11, “Huffy drops bid for Schwinn”, in Dayton Business Journal:
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- He will be remembered for having co-authored one of the great American comeback stories: vaulting the 102-year-old Milwaukee bikemaker [Harley-Davidson Inc.] from the financial junkyard -- a near-bankruptcy experience -- to roaring success.2005 March 21, Joseph Weber, “He Really Got Harley Roaring”, in BusinessWeek:
- And in June, Hublot, the luxury watchmaker, partnered with BMC, the Swiss bikemaker, to create a sleek black 11-speed, for about $20,000.2009 September 10, Alex Williams, “Whose Bike Are You Wearing?”, in New York Times: