Performer Cycles and Bacchetta Bikes-George Chen and Dana Lieberman!

About this episode

The episode features interviews with George Chen of Performer Cycles and Dana Lieberman discussing bike manufacturing and design.

Many of the frames for our bents are manufactured in Taiwan. Around the world many recumbent brands have trusted George Chen and Performer Cycles to provide this metal or carbon fiber skeleton for their products for over 25 years. He also sells his own brand of bikes and trikes to markets globally. We sat down with George to learn more about the history and philosophy of his company, his designs and video of production from inside his factory. We also speak to our pal Dana Lieberman owner of...

People in this episode

Guests: George Chen, Dana Lieberman

Topics covered

• recumbent bikes
• bicycle manufacturing
• bike design
• cycling history

Keywords

• recumbent
• bikes
• trikes
• Taiwan
• carbon fiber

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Performer Cycles, Bacchetta Bikes

Places: Taiwan

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