washington parent seattle accell website torkerusa.com a torker unicycle . torker giraffe unicycle torker is a brand of bicycles and unicycles currently owned by seattle bike supply headquartered in kent washington . 1 contents 1 history 2 bmx team 3 products 3.1 bicycles 3.2 unicycles 4 references 5 external links history edit the torker name was created by johnson engineering in fullerton ca in 1977 for a bmx bike frame . 2 the first haro bikes were made by torker . 3 in 1982 torker let go bob haro when he introduced his own line of bmx racing pants . 4 in 1984 the torker bicycle company went bankrupt and seattle bike supply purchased the name . 5 bmx bikes with the torker name were made from the late 1970s into the 2000s . 6 7 torker s product line expanded to include beach cruisers tandem bikes and even unicycles . reader s digest nominated torker unicycles as america s 100 best for 2006 8 and torker was awarded best of 2006 in the december issue of seattle magazine . 9 seattle bike supply was acquired by accell in 2006 . 10 bmx team edit torker sponsored a bmx racing team that included such riders as mike miranda richie anderson tommy brackens clint miller eddy king matt hadan steve veltman mike king cheri elliott kelly mcdougal jason jenson products edit the torker line currently includes bicycles unicycles strollers and trailers . 11 bicycles edit the bicycles include adult men s and women s children tandem and cruisers . unicycles edit the unicycles include ones with 16 20 24 26 and 29 wheels a 5 giraffe and a 20 trail . beginner unicycles cx unistar 16 20 and 24 intermediate unicycles lx unistar 20 24 26 trials unicycles dx unistar 20 and 24 giraffe unicycle tx unistar 20 . 12 references edit sbs brand websites . retrieved 2008 02 04 . torker flashback our company history in advertising 1977 . archived from the original on december 8 2004 . retrieved 2008 02 04 . haro bikes the real haro story . archived from the original on 2008 06 10 . retrieved 2008 02 04 . fatbmx bmx bizznizz interview with bmx guru harold mcgruther . retrieved 2008 02 04 . 23mag memories of bmx companies torker . retrieved 2008 02 04 . bmx museum.com bikes t torker . retrieved 2008 02 04 . bmxultra.com interview torker s matt hadan . retrieved 2008 02 04 . best balancing act . reader s digest . may 2006 . retrieved 2013 03 10 . torker news . archived from the original on 2008 01 07 . retrieved 2008 02 04 . did you hear accell group buys u.s. based seattle bike supply torker . retrieved 2008 02 04 . giraffe unicycle . graham pinning . retrieved 14 july 2013 . external links edit torker website seattle bike supply website v t e american bicycle manufacturers current american star bike friday bilenky cycle works bohemian brooklyn bicycle co. bontrager calfee design cannondale catrike centurion chumba racing co motion columbia cortina cruzbike cycle force group dahon diamondback dynacraft bsc electra ellsworth handcrafted fantasy toys lowrider bicycle & hobby felt 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