Gerard Vroomen
Gerard Vroomen Founder OPEN Cycle | |
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| File:Gerard Vroomen.jpg Gerard Vroomen, April 2011 | |
| Born | March 1971 (age 53) Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation(s) | Founder of Open Cycle Co-founder of Cervélo |
| Known for | Designer of Cervelo bicycles |
Gerard Vroomen (born March 1971) is a dutch born industrial designer and the owner of Open Cycle. He was previously the co-founder of Cervélo & the now-defunct Cervelo TestTeam. He left the operational side of Cervelo in May 2011. Since February 2012, he has been the part-time business development advisor for Cervelo’s new owner, the Pon Bicycle Group.
Early life
Cervélo
Phil White and Gérard Vroomen founded Cervélo in 1995 when their design for a new time trial bicycle failed to garner interest from traditional bicycle manufacturers. Today, Cervélo is the largest triathlon bike manufacturer in the world[citation needed] and partnered with the triathlon team, Team TBB, and the road cycling team, Team Garmin-Barracuda.
Readers of VeloNews, CycleSport, Inside Triathlon and Slowtwitch (all publications for serious cyclists and triathletes) voted Cervélo as the #1 brand they intended to purchase in 2011.[1]
Open Cycle
Gerard Vroomen (Co-founder of Cervélo) and Andy Kessler (Former CEO of BMC), have partnered together in a business called Open. They claim the O-1.0 to be the lightest 29-inch production hardtail on the market.[2]
External links
References
- ^ Roethenbaugh, Gary. "Cervélo joins Pon Bicycle Group". TriathlonBusiness.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ Rouse, Kevin. "First Look: Open Cycles O-1.0". Bike Magazine. Retrieved 29 August 2012.