Dictionary

bikemaker en · NOUN

Etymology

From bike + maker.

Meanings

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

Forms