- Source: Wahoo Fitness
Wahoo Fitness is a fitness technology company based in Atlanta. Its CEO is Gareth Joyce. Founded in 2009 by Chip Hawkins, Wahoo Fitness has offices in London, Berlin, Tokyo, Boulder and Brisbane.
Wahoo's portfolio of cycling industry products includes the KICKR family of Indoor Cycling Trainers and Accessories, the ELEMNT family of GPS Cycling Computers and sport watches, the TICKR family of Heart Rate Monitors, SPEEDPLAY Advanced Road Pedal systems and the Wahoo SYSTM Training App.
History
September 2019 – Pedal manufacturer, Speedplay
July 2019 – Indoor training platform, The Sufferfest, later rebranded to Wahoo SYSTM
April 2022 – Indoor training platform, RGT (Road Grand Tour) later rebranded to Wahoo RGT
In 2022, Wahoo accused Zwift of infringing on its copyright when the latter launched the Hub bike trainer. The trainer was manufactured by Jet Black. Wahoo filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Zwift and Jet Black. After a year-long battle in the court, Wahoo and Zwift announced that they had reached an amicable agreement.
Funding and investment
2010 – Private Investment
July 2018 – Norwest Equity Partners
Q3 2021 – Rhône Group
May 17, 2023 – Wahoo announces Wahoo Fitness Founder Buys Company Back from Banks
Team sponsorship
Wahoo is an official sponsor for:
Women's cycling teams
EF Education–Tibco–SVB
Le Col–Wahoo
Team DSM
Trek–Segafredo
Ceratizit-WNT
Arkéa
Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire
Rally Cycling
Twenty24
Men's cycling teams
EF Education–EasyPost
Bora-Hansgrohe
Alpecin–Fenix
Hagens Berman Axeon
Deceuninck–Quick-Step
AG2R Citroën
Team DSM
Trek–Segafredo
Cofidis
Arkéa–Samsic
Novo Nordisk
Rally Cycling
WiV SunGod
Maloja Pushbikers
Ribble Weldtite
P&S Metalltechnik
Trinity Racing
Tirol KTM
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Wahoo Fitness
- Wahoo (disambiguation)
- Speedplay (bicycle pedal)
- List of bicycle part manufacturing companies
- Rhône Group
- Rajkumar Chellaraj
- Lifeplus–Wahoo
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Speedgoat
- Strava
