Timeline
“We’ve spent our lives developing and racing, now is the time to bring Atherton Bikes to the trails” - Dan Atherton
- Dan Atherton
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1992
10 year old Dan builds his first bike.
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1998
BMX Triple Crown, South West Champions
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1999
The Athertons start riding Downhill.
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2004
Gee wins his first World Cup and is 2nd at Red Bull Rampage.
Dan, Gee and Rachel make it an Atherton National Championships hat trick at Fort William.
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2005
Rachel wins her first World Championships (Junior).
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2008
Dan, Gee and Rachel score a World Cup hat-trick in Andorra, with Gee and Rachel winning in Downhill and Dan in 4X.
Gee and Rachel are double World Champions
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2010
Gee wins the World Series Overall and takes the silver atRed Bull Rampage for the second time.
Dan crashes at the dirt jumps breaking his neck at C1 vertebrae.
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2012
Dan starts his Enduro career with a 2nd at Megavalanche and 5 out of 5 stage wins in the Superenduro Finals
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2016
Rachels Perfect Season, 7 out of 7 World Cup wins and the World Championship.
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2019
Atherton Bikes
established
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2019
Three World Cup wins. Rachel takes Atherton Bikes’ first victory at Fort William, followed by Andorra and a win for Mille Johnset at Val di Sole.
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2020
#firstfifty production bikes on sale across the globe.
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2021
Atherton Bikes move into the new HQ bringing in house manufacturing to in Machynlleth, Wales.
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2022
A.200M and A.130 are launched... A.150 wins Enduro Mag Best Trail bike of 2022
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2023
We launch A.170M, Rach wins in Lenzerheide and Andi the following weekend in Leogang! World Champs Gold and Silver for Athy Bikes in Fort William.
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2024
Coming Soon: We are working hard on our new Aluminium Product Launch, release early 2024, along with a new HQ/ Factory move.
“The smooth, composed, quiet ride allows you to focus on going really fast with minimal drama.”
Mick Kirkman, MBR