| A
brief history of time |
1985 Boris Becker wins wimbledon at age of 17.
Kalle builds his first enduro motorbike frame.
1991 The USA declares war on Iraq. Kalle gets his
practical training at AMP Research.
1995 Michael Schumacher, Brian Lopes and Leigh
Donavan become Worldchampion. Mongoose labled Nicolai's
win the US NORBA downhill racing series and take a worldcup
victory. August 1st.
1996 The German national team takes the EM title
with Berti Voigts. Nicolai Inc. manufacturers high tech
aluminum frames under their own lable and for the following
companies: Mongoose, Cube, Hercules, Alutech.
1998 At the FIFA worldcup in France, Germany looses
out in the final rounds. Top secret mission: Nicolai UFO
DS and Lambda with VCS Double Top Tube.
1999 Solar eclipse over Germany's summer skies.
Early 1999, Wiesmann Autosport becomes Nicolai's new mountain
bike racing team partner. Team Nicolai Wiesmann Roadster
takes the runner up EM title in Dual Slalom. Team rider
Frank Schneider gets his first WC points. Our first CNC
machine takes its place in our factory.
2000 "Millennium" becomes the word of the year.
Nicolai takes the 4th spot as the most innovative manufacturing
company among all German competitors.
2001 Nicolai's Pro downhill team is now called
Team SoCal Nicolai and is guided under the hand of team
manager Elmar Keineke. Downhiller Frank Schneider takes
first place in the German nationals, along with solid
WC points and becomes the most winning team in German
history. Diana Marggraff takes a top ten spot in the WC
Dual-Slalom ranking. September 11th will be marked as
the most unforgettable day in recent history.
2002 NICOLAI wins the ISPO DuPont BrandNew Award
as overall winner among 122 innovative startup competitors.
Frank Schneider takes first place in the German nationals.
and 23rd place in UCI Worldchampionship DH.
2003 Our new CNC machining center produces fabulous
parts as quick as gun fire. Top Secret mission "G-BOXX.org".
KRC-NICOLAI Rider Roger "R" Rinderknecht wins
EC-Title for BMX 24" Cuiser Class. NICOLAI launches
first annual magazin "numeric".
2004 First G-BOXX bikes NICOLAI Nucleon TFR and
Nucleon TST on duty at Megavalanche Cup and at the DH
world championship. Our first world cup podium ever in
NICOLAI company history: Roger Rinderknecht takes 2nd
place at UCI 4X Worldcup in Calgary, Canada.
2005 NICOLAIs 10th anniversary, but no reason to
get sentimental. A new HAAS CNC tapping center joins our
production. Now in concert - the tapping noise duo with
brother. UFO ST is the answer to growing demands for hardcore
slopestyle bikes.
2006 Soccer world cup in Germany. A new associated
company is born: Universal Transmissions GmbH. G-BOXX
2 on NICOLAI frame. French junior rider Joris Bigoni becomes
french national DH champion. NICOLAI initiates CONTI-Cup,
a special ranking system within the german national DH
cup series.
2007 NICOLAI team riders gain 2 international titles: YVAN LAPRAZ wins GOLD at world championships BMX Junior men. Joris Bigoni wins European DH championships in the juniors class. New DH frame is born, we baptised on the name "ION". |
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| Once
upon a time ... |
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| Trombone
2000 (1998) |
UFO
prototype (1998) |
Jib
20" BMX (1999) |
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| Nucleon
Prototpe (2000) |
Nucleon
DH Team (2002) |
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| What
the hell??? M-Pire ST (2003) |
hidden
inside - G-BOXX (2003) |
HWT
rear end (2003) |
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| Compound
rear hub COR (2004) |
UFO
ST (2005) |
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| Nucleon TST evo magnesium (2005) |
Foldable Travel Helius (2005) |
ION
(2007) |
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