bikemaker

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noun

A person or company which manufactures bicycles or motorbikes.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounbikemaker (plural bikemakers)

plural bikemakers

  1. A person or company which manufactures bicycles or motorbikes.

    Huffy Corp. this afternoon withdrew its offer in federal bankruptcy for rival bikemaker Schwinn/GT.

    2001 September 11, “Huffy drops bid for Schwinn”, in Dayton Business Journal
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    Indeed, it was a Watertown, Mass., bikemaker named Sterling Elliot who turned out the first sulkies with small, steel-spoked wheels and pneumatic tires in 1892.

    1979 April, Charles Leerhsen, “High technology at the track”, in Popular Mechanics

    He will be remembered for having co-authored one of the great American comeback stories: vaulting the 102-year-old Milwaukee bikemaker [Harley-Davidson Inc.] from the financial junkyard -- a near-bankruptcy experience -- to roaring success.

    2005 March 21, Joseph Weber, “He Really Got Harley Roaring”, in BusinessWeek

    And in June, Hublot, the luxury watchmaker, partnered with BMC, the Swiss bikemaker, to create a sleek black 11-speed, for about $20,000.

    2009 September 10, Alex Williams, “Whose Bike Are You Wearing?”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

bikemaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bikemaker

MLA

“bikemaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bikemaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bikemaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bikemaker.

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