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
Giant from the Unknown to kill the giant Vargas by causing him to fall from a bridge to his death down a raging waterfall. American film director, producer, actor, and editor Joe Dante described this film on his webseries "Trailers from Hell" as: "The ads for "Giant' quote 'It came from another world' and today it really does, the vanished world of dull black-and-white features that I for one really miss". "Giant from the Unknown" was first released on DVD October 24, 2000. On March 2, 2012, the film was re-relesed on DVD by Image Entertainment. Giant from the Unknown Giant from the Unknown