Who started Liv bikes?

From the Top with Wade Wallace, a podcast from Cycling Tips, recently featured Bonnie Tu, the founder of Liv Cycling and chairperson of the Giant Bicycle Group. The interview explores Tu's life-long journey, which eventually lead her to the cycling industry.

Who made Liv bikes?

Bonnie Tu, of Giant Bicycles, founded Liv in 2008 when she struggled to find cycling equipment and clothing that were right for her. Focused on engineering bikes specifically for women, Liv calls its data-driven approach the 3F, standing for Fit, Form and Function.

Is Liv bikes owned by Giant?

Liv/giant, a new cycling brand dedicated solely to female riders, is established with new bikes, gear and stores worldwide.

When did Liv start making bikes?

Road, mountain and e-bikes FOR WOMEN, BY WOMEN

It didn't take long for Giant Bicycles to recognize women like to ride bikes, too, and they are not simply smaller versions of male cyclists. With that, Giant launched the Liv Cycling brand in 2008 with a line of bikes engineered and designed specifically for women.

Is Liv a good cycling brand?

Liv mountain bikes are just as well thought-out as its road offering. If you're a more recreational rider, there's the affordable Bliss, which is a decent entry-level bike. For the more gnarly off-roaders, the brand new Hail and Embolden offer up some amazing performance, while the Pique caters to XC riders.

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Where are Liv bikes manufactured?

And, yes, the nation has many exports and the factories that produce these products make up a large part of Taiwan. Giant, the brother brand to Liv and the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world, calls Taiwan home.

What brand is Liv?

Liv is the first cycling brand completely dedicated to women, launched in 2011 by parent company Giant. Each Liv product is created with a team of designers and engineers specifically to fit the female anatomy.

How are Liv bikes different?

Liv bikes are thoughtfully built with women's-specific saddles that complement the position the rider will be in on the bike, crank lengths that match the size of the frame, handlebar widths that are appropriate for the average shoulder breadth to height ratio, and stem lengths that offer the best handling for female ...

How did Dave Grutman start LIV?

In 2008, Grutman opened the nightclub LIV at Fontainebleau after garnering wide acclaim for his prior work in founding the Miami Marketing Group (which specialized in seamlessly merging the fields of nightlife and entertainment).

Is Liv or Giant better?

Many Liv models have better paint schemes than their Giant brothers. Saddles and bars are wider and narrower respectively, as expected, but there are slight frame geometry tweaks as well, typically a slightly shorter top tube, sometimes with slightly slacker head and steeper seat tube angles.

Who makes Liv MTB?

Liv, a subsidiary of Giant, joined the party in 2008. However, some brands never embraced the women's-design trend. For example, Juliana may be a women's brand, but its bikes' geometries are identical to the men's versions made by Santa Cruz, Juliana's parent company.

Is Liv a woman's bike?

Liv/giant bikes are designed specifically for the unique ergonomic needs of women riders like you. They are created with women's-specific frame geometry and come in accommodating size ranges.

What kind of bike is Liv?

Liv Thrive

Thrive is billed as a fitness bike, and is essentially a flat-bar road bike in many ways. It comes with three models to choose from, all of which have an ALUXX-Grade aluminium frame, Tektro hydraulic disc brakes, and an alloy D-Fuse seatpost to absorb road chatter.

Are Liv bikes for males?

The Liv bike range aims to offer a suitable bike for all female riders. There are bikes suited to all types of terrain and suit riders of all ages.

What kind of bike is Liv alight?

A women's aluminium frame entry-level hybrid with high tensile steel fork and 21-speed Shimano gears with Shimano EZFire shifters and Giant tyres with puncture protection. It has bosses for front and rear panniers, mudguards and a bottle cage.

What Chinese brand is the most popular bicycle in the world?

Despite declining domestic sales, the Flying Pigeon remains China's most popular bicycle, if only because much of the brand's old rolling stock is still in service. The government estimates that a half-billion bikes are in use throughout China, many handed down through generations.

Does Giant own trek?

Giant is the world's largest bike manufacturer by revenue. Its factories in Taiwan, China and the Netherlands churned out 6.3 million bicycles last year, generating revenue of $1.8 billion. The company sells bikes under its own name and makes them for major brands like Trek, Scott and Colnago.

Who owns Giant bike company?

The Giant Manufacturing Company is founded by King Liu (above right, with Giant CEO Tony Lo) in Taiwan. Led by King's manufacturing expertise, the company starts producing bicycles for some of the world's top cycling brands.

What does giant Liv stand for?

This product-design philosophy, which stands for “Fit, Form, Function,” allows Giant's Liv/giant engineers and designers to stay focused on the holistic balance of these three key characteristics that are critical to build bikes that appeal to women, are designed for them and ride so nicely you'll think every Liv/giant ...

What companies does giant make bikes for?

Founded in 1972, Giant began as a supplier to the US Schwinn Bicycle Company, but has evolved into a vast original equipment manufacturer (OEM), assembling bikes for a client list that includes major brands Scott, Trek and Colnago.