Quintana Roo (QR), founded in 1987 as the first triathlon-specific bicycle manufacturer, has opened 2017 by marking its ‘30 years of developing and producing multisport bikes known for their design innovation, elite technology and focus on helping triathletes exceed their performance goals’.
Manufactured by Tennessee-based American Bicycle Group (ABG), QR is launching a full year of activities, events and rebates to celebrate its three decades of working with multisport athletes and ‘redefining bike performance standards across all its models, from the entry level Kilo to the PRsix superbike’.
“Quintana Roo started with the first triathlon-specific wetsuit, followed by the first triathlon-specific bike,” noted Peter Hurley, President and CEO of ABG. “One of our original goals was to completely reinvent the way triathletes use their bike to gain an advantage, and we achieved that through a series of models that span the needs of pros to the serious recreational triathletes. Now, looking to the future, we’ll set the bar higher so triathletes can enjoy even greater success.”
Quintana Roo was founded by Dan Empfield (now publisher of Slowtwitch.com) who developed the company’s first tri-specific wetsuit and its first innovative tribike, the Superform (1987). The Superform first gained fame with Ray Browning’s ride in the 1987 IRONMAN New Zealand where he broke both the bike and overall course records.
Following the Superform, QR developed the Kilo, the first production bike made from Easton 7005 aluminum (1993). It got its name from the fact the frame weighed one kilogram.
QR was then acquired by American Bicycle Group, which continued Empfield’s innovation drive by developing the Cd0.1, a bike with the lowest drag coefficient at that date (2009). QR even boldly claimed that the Cd0.1 could cheat the wind. It was a bike that was developed in the wind tunnel.
Since the days of the Superform, the Kilo and the Cd0.1, Quintana Roo has continued its ‘exclusively triathlon’ route producing the Fit Series, the Shift Series and the multi-award-winning PR Series of premier, high performance bikes.
The PR Series bikes – PRsix, PRfive and the most recent PRthree – have been recognized by a variety of trade and consumer organizations for innovation and technology, including: LAVA magazine as Editor’s Pick for Gear of the Year (PRsix, PRfive) and Interbike’s Triathlon Business International (TBI) Triathlon Innovation of the Year Award (PRfive).
Consumer rebates to celebrate Quintana Roo’s 30 year anniversary:
- US$200 back on Di2-level bike or PRsix frameset
- US$150 back on Ultegra-level bike or PRfive frameset
- US$100 back on 105-level bike
Overview:
- Valid only on 2017 bikes or framesets purchased between Jan 1 – April 30, 2017
- Rebate form must be submitted within 30 days of purchase
- Copy of original receipt must be attached
- Purchase must be from an authorized QR dealer
- Offer is only valid for product purchased in North America
- Rebate offer cannot be combined with any other offers
Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, American Bicycle Group manufactures leading-edge, high performance bikes under two brands: Litespeed (road, mountain and adventure bikes) and Quintana Roo (triathlon-specific bikes).
Litespeed’s titanium technology makes it a leading manufacturer of cold-worked, cycling-specific tubesets, which led to a partnership with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to fabricate the wheels’ framework of the Mars Land Rover. Quintana Roo is an official bike partner of USA Triathlon (USAT). It is also one of the only bicycle companies in the world entirely devoted to triathlon bikes and its PRsix and PRfive models have been designated as LAVA magazine’s Editor’s Pick Gear-of-the-Year for Bike Technology.
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