Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Cycling |
Founded | Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1988 |
Headquarters | Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
Key people | Dave Loughran, CEO and founder |
Website | planetx.co.uk |
Planet X is a bicycle company based in Rotherham, in the north of England. It was founded in 1988 by Dave Loughran [1] and, in 2020, became an employee-owned trust. [2]
Planet X operates a number of brands including On-One components and Titus bikes. [1]
Planet X works with Taiwanese, Chinese and Italian [3] companies to manufacture its road, cyclocross, track and time-trial frames.
Planet X operates only online and has no retail stores.
Planet X sponsored the world XTERRA Triathlon champion, Julie Dibens, during 2008 for a successful defence of her world title. [4]
In 2003, Planet-X sponsored the Trialskings team [5] who used Planet-X Pitbull and Jack Flash frames. These were present in Trialskings team videos, ridden by Danny Holroyd and other members.[ citation needed]