Ridgeback (brand)

Ridgeback is a British bicycle brand manufacturing road, urban, utility, youth and mountain models. Their bikes are distributed by Sportline UK which is owned by H Young Holdings.

Ridgeback

Company type	Private
Industry	Bicycles
Founded	1983
Headquarters	Milton Keynes , England, UK
Key people	Errol Drew, Founder
Products	Bicycles
Website	www.ridgeback.co.uk

History

Ridgeback's story started in 1983, when founder Errol Drew created the first UK mountain bike.^[1] Drew first spotted a mountain bike at the 1982 New York Bike Show, where he declared it “the future of cycling.”^[1]

Ridgeback's next major development was the creation of the flat handlebar road bike.^[1]

In 2001, Ridgeback introduced The Genesis Day One model, with the Genesis marque becoming so strong that in 2006 it became a brand in its own right.^[2]

In 2008, Ridgeback was one of the first to introduce disc brakes to its flat handlebar road range. And in 2015 Ridgeback launched Rapide – a range of performance road bikes.^[1]

In 2014, Ridgeback was the 5th most stolen bike in the UK.^[3] In 2020, Ridgeback Velocity was the 4th most popular stolen bike in the UK.^[4][5]

2024 model list

E-bikes

E-Active

• Arcus 1
• Arcus 1 Open Frame
• Arcus 2
• Arcus 2 Open Frame
• Arcus 3
• Arcus 3W
• X2
• X2 Open Frame

E-Cargo

• Butcher
• Errand

E-Utility

• Advance 1
• Advance 1W
• Advance 2
• Advance 2W
• Advance 3
• Advance 3W
• Electron Front Hub Drive
• Electron
• Electron INT
• Electron S1
• Electron S2
• Electron S3

Hybrid & Commute

• Avenida 6
• Avenida 7
• Avenida 21
• Comet
• Comet Open Frame
• Element
• Element Eq
• Motion
• Motion Open Frame
• Speed
• Speed Open Frame
• Supernova Eq
• Vanteo
• Velocity
• Velocity Open Frame

Mountain

• Terrain 1
• Terrain 2
• Terrain 2 Open Frame
• Terrain 3
• Terrain 4

Touring

• Expedition
• Panorama
• Tour
• Voyage

2016 model list

• Velocity
• Velocity Disc
• Vanteo
• Element
• Supernova

E-bikes – Electron series

• Electron
• Electron+

Road – Rapide

• RC3 Disc
• RC2 Disc
• RC1 Disc
• RL3 Disc
• RL2 Disc
• RL1 Disc
• RC3
• RC2
• RC1
• RL3
• RL2
• RL1
• RL26
• RL24

Urban fitness – Flight series

• Flight 4.0
• Flight 2.0
• Flight 1.0

Off-road touring – World series

• Tour
• Voyage
• Expedition
• Panorama

Mountain bike – Dual Track series

• MX2
• MX3
• MX4
• X1
• X3

Town bike – Tradition series

Town bike – Avenida series

• Avenida 3
• Avenida 6

Youth – Dimension series

• 12 Runner
• 14 Runner
• Dimension 16
• Dimension 20
• Dimension 24
• Dimension 26

Kids – Boys series

• MX12
• MX14
• MX16
• MX20
• MX24

Kids – Girls series

• Minny
• Honey
• Melody
• Harmony
• Destiny

Balance bikes – Scoot series