Quality Bicycle Products

The Long Haul Trucker touring bike from Surly

Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) is one of the world's largest distributors of bicycles and bicycle parts , based in Bloomington, Minnesota . The company was founded in 1981 and sells its products in the USA and through retailers worldwide.

QBP owns 19 brands, including: Salsa , Surly, All-City, 45North, Handspun, Foundry, Civia, Whiskey, MSW, Problem Solvers, Dimension, Mechanical Threads, R12, Q-Tubes, Cogburn, Buzzy's and iSSi. QBP sells bicycles as well as bicycle parts and outdoor equipment primarily in the USA. The Franconian company Cosmic Sport has taken over the sales for the German-speaking area for the QBP brands Salsa and Surly .

In the past, QRP has repeatedly supported MTB events and the construction of MTB trails in the USA. In 2015, the company launched a scholarship program to train female bicycle mechanics in the USA.

Individual evidence

^ Quality Bicycle Products, Inc: Private Company Information - Bloomberg. Retrieved December 9, 2017 .
↑ Brain Staff: Q BP to open new Q-West facility in Denver this week . In: Bicycle Retailer and Industry News . July 16, 2016 ( bicycleretailer.com [accessed January 8, 2019]).
↑ Press release: Bike brands sponsoring women's mechanic scholarships . In: Dirt Rag . October 21, 2014 ( dirtragmag.com [accessed January 8, 2019]).

[1] Quality Bicycle Products, Inc: Private Company Information - Bloomberg. Retrieved December 9, 2017 .

[2] Brain Staff: Q BP to open new Q-West facility in Denver this week . In: Bicycle Retailer and Industry News . July 16, 2016 ( bicycleretailer.com [accessed January 8, 2019]).

[3] Press release: Bike brands sponsoring women's mechanic scholarships . In: Dirt Rag . October 21, 2014 ( dirtragmag.com [accessed January 8, 2019]).