# Volagi Cycles

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American bicycle company

Volagi Liscio

Volagi Cycles Type Private Industry Bicycles Key people Robert Choi, Barley Forsman Products Bicycle and related components

**Volagi Cycles** was an American company that manufactured bicycles and related components. Founded in 2010 by two bicycle industry designers, Robert Choi and Barley Forsman, Volagi had six international distributors, as well as eighty bicycle dealers in the United States.[1]

## History

Originally based in [Cotati, California](/source/Cotati%2C_California), Volagi was founded in 2010 by Robert Choi and Barley Forsman, both former employees of [Specialized Bicycle Components](/source/Specialized_Bicycle_Components) and [CamelBak](/source/CamelBak).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 2012 the company was sued by [Specialized Bicycle Components](/source/Specialized_Bicycle_Components), for theft of trade secrets and breach of employment contract, as well as other charges. Of Specialized's nine claims, eight were thrown out of court, and the jury awarded Specialized one dollar in damages on the remaining count (breach of employment contract) that went to trial.[2][3][4] It was estimated by Choi and Forsman's attorney, Tyler Paetkau, that Specialized incurred more than $2M in legal fees to practice "competition by litigation."[5]

In September 2016, Volagi announced that it would close its doors after a founding member was injured in a bicycle accident involving an automobile.[6]

Volagi sponsored athletes such as Chris Ragsdale, compete in ultra-cycling events such as [Race Across America](/source/Race_Across_America).[7]

## See also

- [List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies](/source/List_of_bicycle_brands_and_manufacturing_companies)

- [List of bicycle parts](/source/List_of_bicycle_parts)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Store Locator"](http://www.volagi.com/support/store-locator/). Volagi. Retrieved 2014-06-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Fretz, Caley (2012-01-03). ["Specialized sues Volagi over Liscio road bike"](https://velonews.competitor.com/2012/01/bikes-and-tech/specialized-sues-volagi-over-liscio-road-bike_201808). Velo News. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150105040154/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/01/bikes-and-tech/specialized-sues-volagi-over-liscio-road-bike_201808) from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Zinn, Lennard (2012-01-13). ["An expensive dollar: Volagi owes Specialized $1"](https://velonews.competitor.com/2012/01/news/an-expensive-dollar-volagi-owes-specialized-1_203443). Velonews.competitor.com. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170625045456/http://www.velonews.com/2012/01/news/an-expensive-dollar-volagi-owes-specialized-1_203443) from the original on 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2014-06-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Mintz, Howard (2012-01-13). ["Legal feud between bike giant Specialized and Bay Area startup ends in mixed verdict"](http://www.mercurynews.com/2012/01/13/legal-feud-between-bike-giant-specialized-and-bay-area-startup-ends-in-mixed-verdict/). Mercury News, Bay Area News Group. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170501201109/http://www.mercurynews.com/2012/01/13/legal-feud-between-bike-giant-specialized-and-bay-area-startup-ends-in-mixed-verdict/) from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-09-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Payne, Paul (2012-01-13). ["Jury awards $1 to Specialized in Cotati bike feud case"](http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2021152&sid=555&fid=181). THE PRESS DEMOCRAT. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035649/http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2021152&sid=555&fid=181) from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** MacMichael, Simon (2016-09-30). ["US bike maker Volagi Cycles suspends operation with co-founder in coma"](http://road.cc/content/news/206543-us-bike-maker-volagi-cycles-suspends-operation-co-founder-coma) (news article). Retrieved 2018-07-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Microsoft Word - CHRIS RAG"](https://www.raceacrossamerica.org/userfiles/file/CHRIS%20RAG.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2014-06-04.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.volagi.com/)

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