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Giant is the biggest manufacturer of bicycles in the world, including mountain bikes, and is based in Taiwan. However, in addition to Taiwanese facilities, Giant also maintains manufacturing locations in China and the Netherlands. The company was established in 1972, and started out as an OEM. This meant that they made bikes that were sold with other branding on them, including Schwinn.

In the mid 1980s, Giant established its own brand of high end bikes and has come to be known as a high quality bicycle manufacturer around the world. Giant sells in over fifty countries, with more than ten thousand retailers offering their products. They've sold more than five million bicycles over the course of their history.

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Giant's current offerings on the bicycle market fall into seven major categories. These include road training bikes for professionals, mountain bikes, comfort bikes for casual and city riding, "mode" bikes for teens, indoor bikes for exercise purposes, family cycling - bikes for children, and specialty bikes such as folding models.

They also include commuter bikes to meet the increased demand for effective environmentally friendly transportation, hybrids and more. Their website includes detailed information on all the models that Giant makes at the current time.

This means that their cycles span the entire range of options, from easy to access bicycles to the highest performance models for on and off road use. That makes it relatively easy to find the perfect Giant bike for any rider at all.

In 2006, Giant introduced their advanced road bike frame. This high end carbon fiber design has an integrated frame and seatpost, requiring the seatpost on all new frames to be precisely fit to the owner by the dealer. This gives the frame much better rigidity and lighter weight, but is a problem if the owner wishes the frame to fit someone else later.

Currently, Giant sponsors three cycling teams internationally. These are the Team Columbia women's road team, Team Columbia men's team, and Global Giant Mountain Bike Team. Giant employs a large group of designers and engineers focused on improving their designs, and is one of the first mass producers of high end aluminum bicycles, plus one of the original manufacturers to integrate composite materials into frames.

With a long history of producing quality bicycles, though not always under their own name, Giant has a good reason to be the biggest manufacturer in the world. Their extremely wide selection means that they probably have a bicycle to fit every need and every budget. However, it does mean you'll need to learn a bit before you buy, to make sure you're getting the perfect ride for your needs and situation.

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