https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/ 2026-04-23T13:15:20+00:00 https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/ https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2025-11-15T20:56:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/special/start?rev=1763240186&do=diff ---------- Specialized Overview Mike Sinyard started Specialized Bicycle Components in 1974 in Campbell, CA, first importing Cinelli parts and later re-branding Japanese road tires. Complete road bicycles started in 1981. Specialized in 1982 was ground zero for the modern bicycle revolution, when sales exploded by an order of magnitude each year for another 4 years.