Diamondback Bicycles

Diamondback Bicycles was founded as a BMX brand in 1977 by Western States Imports in Newbury Park, California, which sold bikes under the Centurion (bicycle) brand. In 2001, Derby Cycle Corporation sold Raleigh and Diamondback. In August 2019 Accell Group sold Diamondback to Regent, L.P. Diamondback is a partner with several advocacy groups, including the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, the Cascade Bicycle Club, Bikes Belong, TrailsforYouth.Org and the International Mountain Bike Association. ==Models==

One of the innovations pioneered by Diamondback is the Knuckle Box suspension, which is found on its Sortie, Mission, and Scapegoat full suspension mountain bikes. Between 2013 and 2016, Diamondback developed a new trail bike platform called the Release. Using input from bicycle suspension expert Luther Beal and Diamondback team riders (notably Eric Porter), Diamondback developed its first ever patent-pending suspension called Level Link. The Level Link suspension is based on dual counter-rotating links in a similar fashion as Santa Cruz's Virtual Pivot Point suspension. A number of different models and sizes are offered by the brand, which include the following: • Full Suspension • Mountain Hardtail • Gravel • Road • Performance Hybrid • Hybrid • Dual Sport • Women's • Youth == Early years BMX Models ==

Diamond Back were pioneers of BMX bikes in the early BMX years, a period that covered the late 1970s to the early/mid-1980s. At this time the model range included. • MX • Large Pro • Pro range (Senior Pro, Medium Pro, Mini Pro) • Silver Streak • Harry Leary Turbo (HLT) • Turbo Lite • Formula 1 • Viper • Super Viper • Super Streak The early MX bikes were produced in California, USA. By 1979 production moved to Japan between until 1984. In 1983 the lower specification bikes began production in Taiwan. == References ==