Santana Cycles is the world's leading manufacturer of
tandem bicycle
A tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally a tricycle) designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating arrangement (fore to aft, not side by side), not the number of riders. Patents relat ...
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Santana was founded in 1976 by Bill McCready, an Associate Editor at ''
Bicycling Magazine
''Bicycling'' is a cycling magazine published by Hearst in Easton, Pennsylvania.
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History
''Bicycling'' started in 1961 as ''Northern California Cycling Association Newsletter'', a four-page mimeographed newsletter (8 ½ x 14) started b ...
'', and is located in La Verne, California.
In the 1970s "Santana virtually re-invented the tandem, which had been in decline since the second world war."
In 2002, Santana was described as the largest manufacturer of "enthusiast level" tandem bicycles.
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List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies
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Outline of cycling
:''This article is an outline about the activity of cycling. For an outline about bicycles themselves, see outline of bicycles.''
:The following ''outline'' is provided as an overview of, as well as a topical guide to cycling:
Cycling, al ...
References
External links
Santana Cycles website
Cycle manufacturers of the United States
La Verne, California
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
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