02 / Company & ownership
Behind the brand.
Trek began making touring frames in a Waterloo, Wisconsin barn. It grew into a full bicycle company while keeping headquarters, engineering and some high-end production in Waterloo and using global factories for most models.
Sources · previous brand research
- 1976
Trek builds its first frames in Waterloo.
- 1992
The OCLV carbon programme begins.
- Today
Road, mountain, city and electric bikes share the Wisconsin engineering base.



