headquarters vaulx milieux is re france products bicycle frames road & mtb pedals and related components website www.time sport.com time sport international is a french manufacturer of bicycles and cycling equipment including bicycle frames cycling shoes clipless bicycle pedals cranksets and gloves . contents 1 history 2 professionals 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1987 by roland cattin time creates manufactures and distributes highly technical bicycle products . time history began with a clipless bicycle pedal system designed to accommodate the biomechanical constraints of the rider . in 1993 time began to diversify with carbon composite frames using resin transfer molding rtm technology . time weaves its own custom tubular carbon layers in its rtm factory in vaulx milieu france outside of lyon . this gives time s engineers control of the technical characteristics of each carbon layer as well as freedom of shape of the frame component parts . time products gained fame in the early 1990s after being debuted on the podium by pedro delgado in 1988 then multiple tour de france winner greg lemond in his champion style 1989 tour de france victory which was followed by multiple tour de france winner miguel indurain . this was a major change for the field in which look had been the most notable brand until then . today time is one of the leading brands of carbon fiber racing bicycle frames and forks . time s off road pedals use a concept time calls atac auto tension adjustment concept . this concept allows release angle to be independent of spring tension . among the most widely used pedals by both recreational and professional cyclists 120 000 pairs are manufactured annually . they have also become a favorite of inner city bicycle couriers because of their small cleat size ease of entry and exit light weight and reliability . time created the first automatic pedal to provide a freedom of lateral and angular float time pedals claim to considerably reduce tendinitis a problem that many riders and especially professionals face . professionals edit time has sponsored several professional cycling teams most recently protour teams quick step innergetic cofidis and bouygues telecom . several other professionals and teams use time shoes and or pedals including saunier duval ag2r and 2008 beijing olympic gold medalist in mountain bike julien absalon . tom boonen the 2005 road race world champion used time bikes while he was with quick step innergetic . his successful 2005 season included the tour of flanders paris roubaix the tour of belgium and the 2005 world road race championships in madrid spain . the following season time developed a special bike the time vxs for boonen to ride in the 2006 spring classics . 1 the vxs is similar to the vxrs ulteam but is a little more compliant as a result of a longer wheelbase and the vectran fibres that are used in the time manufactured carbon fibre . in addition to boonen s triumphs time has been ridden to more victories at the olympics and world championships . italian rider paolo bettini rode time bicycles during his gold medal winning ride in the 2004 athens olympic road race and in the 2006 world championship road race . australian rider michael rogers rode time time trial bikes to victory in the 2003 2004 and 2005 world championship time trial . the giro d italia la vuelta a espa a paris roubaix the olympic games world championship and the tour de france 10 times winner have been won using time products . references edit the bikes of hell tom boonen s quick.step innergetic time vxs sp cial paris roubaix april 8 2006 external links edit time sport international corporate site v t e french bicycle manufacturers current peugeot cyfac gitane lapierre look louison bobet motob cane solex time v losolex vitus defunct alcyon cl ment corima follis gladiator gnome et rh ne ren herse hurtu matra manufrance mochet olivier brothers stella terrot urago velocar components cl ment tyres hutchinson sa look mafac mavic michelin simplex retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title time bicycles & oldid 663521178 categories cycle manufacturers of francehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 22 may 2015 at 10 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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