Specialized Bicycle Components Specialized Bicycle Components Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., commonly called "Specialized", is a United States-based company that designs, manufactures and markets bicycles, bicycle components and related products under the brand name "Specialized". The Morgan Hill, California-based company was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard — and since 2001 has been 49% owned by Taiwan-based Merida Bikes. The company was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard, a cycling enthusiast who sold his Volkswagen Bus for $1,500 to fund a cycle tour of Europe, where he bought handlebars and stems made by Cinelli to take back to the US. Sinyard started out importing
Extreme Risk (Star Trek: Voyager) Extreme Risk (Star Trek: Voyager) "Extreme Risk" is the 97th episode of the science fiction television series "", the third episode of the . A probe launched by the Federation starship "Voyager" is stuck in the atmosphere of a gas giant planet; because of the value of the resources it has collected, the crew attempts to come up with solutions to recover the probe. Lt. Tom Paris presents the designs for a specialized shuttlecraft, the "Delta Flyer", that he has been designing over the past few months that would be able to withstand the gas giant's atmosphere. The rest of