Rich Tauer
President, Quality Bicycle Products
The Basics
Company Name: Quality Bicycle Products
Location: Bloomington, MN (HQ) with domestic distribution centers in Reno, NV, Aurora, CO and Lancaster, PA, international location in Taiwan
Founded: 1981
Full-Time Employees: 801
Products: Bicycles, bicycle components and accessories, educational courses and trainings, ecommerce solutions for retailers and industry brands
Social: Quality Bicycle Products: @qualitybike (Instagram), @QualityBicycleProducts (Facebook), LinkedIn, https://www.qbp.com/
Salsa Cycles: @salsacycles (Instagram, Facebook), salsacycles.com
Whisky Parts Co.: @whiskypartsco (Instagram), @whiskyparts (Facebook), https://whiskyparts.co/
Surly Bikes: @surlybikes (Instagram, Facebook), surlybikes.com
All-City Cycles: @allcitycycles (Instagram, Facebook), allcitycycles.com
Teravail: @teravail (Instagram), @teravailtires (Facebook), teravail.com
45NRTH: @45nrth (Instagram, Facebook), 45nrth.com
Claim to Fame: The first organization in the bike industry to hire a full time Director of Advocacy.
The Culture
The best thing about working at QualITY BICycle Products is:
being integral to the sport and business of bicycling and witnessing the positive effect that has on people and communities.
When we’re not working, we’re:
riding bikes! But also enjoying the outdoors in many ways and giving back to our local communities.
What we’re reading:
How to Be An Antiracist, Start With Why, Daring Greatly
What we’re listening to:
our employees, retailers, suppliers, and communities
If they made a movie about our workplace, it would be called:
“Getting Butts on Bikes”
Inclusion in the outdoors matters because:
everyone should be able to enjoy and experience nature in the way they want, safely and joyfully.
Five years down the line, it’s our hope that:
we provide a work environment where everyone has respect, feels welcome, has space, a voice, and can thrive.