Santana Cycles

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Santana Cycles
Industry Bicycles
Founded1976;49 years ago (1976)
Headquarters,
USA
Key people
Bill McCready, Founder
ProductsBicycle and Related Components
Website santanatandem.com

Santana Cycles is the world's leading manufacturer of tandem bicycles. [1] Santana was founded in 1976 by Bill McCready, an associate editor at Bicycling Magazine , and is located in La Verne, California. [2] In the 1970s "Santana virtually re-invented the tandem, which had been in decline since the second world war." [1] In 2002, Santana was described as the largest manufacturer of "enthusiast level" tandem bicycles. [3]

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  1. 1 2 "Sheldon Brown: Santana" . Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  2. "Santana Cycles" . Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  3. Galaraga, Tom (2002). "Two Wheelin': Changing Gears for the Life Cycle". La Verne Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.