headquarters la verne california usa key people bill mccready founder products bicycle and related components website santanatandem.com santana beyond tandem with a mix of carbon fiber and titanium tubes and titanium lugs santana cycles is the world s leading manufacturer of tandem bicycles . 1 santana was founded in 1976 by bill mccready an associate editor at bicycling magazine and is located in la verne california . 2 in the 1970s santana virtually re invented the tandem which had been in decline since the second world war . 1 in 2002 santana was described as the largest manufacturer of enthusiast level tandem bicycles . 3 contents 1 products 2 see also 3 references 4 external links products edit besides two place tandems santana manufactures triplets quads quints hexes and the cabrio a triplet or quad that can be converted into a two place tandem by removing the center section of the frame . 2 santana manufactures its bike frames from cromoly steel aluminum titanium and carbon fiber . 2 santana tandems are available for road and off road use including full suspension and can include s & s couplers to facilitate shipping and travel . 2 see also edit list of bicycle manufacturers outline of cycling references edit a b sheldon brown santana . retrieved 2009 01 06 . a b c d santana cycles . retrieved 2009 01 06 . tom galaraga spring 2002 . two wheelin changing gears for the life cycle . la verne magazine . retrieved 209 01 06 . check date values in access date help external links edit santana cycles official site 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 fuji fyxation gendron inc. gt haro huffy ibis independent fabrication international surrey company iron horse italvega jamis k2 sports kent international kestrel litespeed magna marin masi melon milwaukee mongoose moots next nishiki novara pacific pope priority pure cycles quality quintana roo r e rans designs razorusa redline rhoades car ritchey design rivendell roadmaster richard sachs santa cruz santana schwinn seven shelby shinola soma fabrications specialized surly terracycle terrible one tommaso torker transition trek turner suspension univega valdora van dessel sports villy custom volagi waterford precision wilderness trail worksman yamaguchi yeti zigo defunct american american machine and foundry chicago clark kent e. c. stearns eagle fat city fleetwing gary fisher gormully & jeffery jmc klein kogswell lemond lotus merlin murray overman pocket rambler ross serotta sol stelber sterling wright components bell sports bicycle technologies international coker tire fox racing shox fyxation giro hayes brake burley design rockshox slidepad speedplay sram l.h. thomson zipp rolf prima this article related to a bicycle manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title santana cycles & oldid 712439757 categories cycle manufacturers of the united statesla verne californiacompanies based in los angeles county californiacycle manufacturer stubshidden categories cs1 errors datesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 march 2016 at 02 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view