CHUMBA Racing
Encyclopedia
CHUMBA Racing is a manufacturer of recreational and competition mountain bike
s located in Anaheim, CA
and is the son of a NASA
aerospace engineer. Ted started out designing, prototyping and manufacturing frames in his shop. Ted and CHUMBA first achieved fame with the production of the CHUMBA Zulu, an award-winning downhill bike.
CHUMBA later went on to produce trail bikes, applying techniques and design philosophies borrowed from Ted's downhill designs, such as "slack geometry" (the angles between tubes in the frame are slack as opposed to steep), lateral stiffness in the frame, and a fully active suspension. This resulted in the company's first trail bike, the "XCL", which was praised by Mountain Bike Action http://www.mbaction.com/ME2/Default.asp saying it "could turn circles around any bikes out there" with "razor-sharp handling".
CHUMBA soon thereafter introduced the celebrated EVO which, widely derided for poor aesthetics, nevertheless went on to receive one of the highest user ratings on MTBR.com, including the "MTBR Best Of" Award.
--Kawa500 (talk) 19:42, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Mountain bike
A mountain bike or mountain bicycle is a bicycle created for off-road cycling. This activity includes traversing of rocks and washouts, and steep declines,...
s located in Anaheim, CA
History
The company was founded in 1993 by Ted Tanouye, who studied mechanical engineering at the University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
and is the son of a NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
aerospace engineer. Ted started out designing, prototyping and manufacturing frames in his shop. Ted and CHUMBA first achieved fame with the production of the CHUMBA Zulu, an award-winning downhill bike.
CHUMBA later went on to produce trail bikes, applying techniques and design philosophies borrowed from Ted's downhill designs, such as "slack geometry" (the angles between tubes in the frame are slack as opposed to steep), lateral stiffness in the frame, and a fully active suspension. This resulted in the company's first trail bike, the "XCL", which was praised by Mountain Bike Action http://www.mbaction.com/ME2/Default.asp saying it "could turn circles around any bikes out there" with "razor-sharp handling".
CHUMBA soon thereafter introduced the celebrated EVO which, widely derided for poor aesthetics, nevertheless went on to receive one of the highest user ratings on MTBR.com, including the "MTBR Best Of" Award.
--Kawa500 (talk) 19:42, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Customer Service
During much of 2010 and 2011 Chumba has gained a reputation for very poor customer service according to disgruntle trolls on various mtb-forums.Notable CHUMBA Racers
The CHUMBA Racing Team has fielded several notable mountain bikers including:- Lars Tribus - 2008 Masters World Championship Silver Medalist, 2003 Masters World Champion
- Lisa Sher 2002 NORBA National DH Champion
- Duncan Riffle - 2004 NORBA National DH Champion
- "Pistol Pete" LoncarevichPete LoncarevichPeter Loncarevich is a former Bicycle Motocross racer. Loncarevich was an "Old School" professional BMX racer whose prime competitive years were from 1980 to 1994....
- 1999 Worlds Master DH Champion, 1998 World Cup Dual 1st Place, most wins out of any BMX racer in history - Shaums March - 2003 Redbull Rampage 4th place, 2004 Redbull Bike Battle 3rd place
- Jake Payne - 2008 NORBA Junior X 3rd Overall
- Taylor Borucki
- Dakota Dulmage