Private company
Santana Cycles
Logo: ErikPip, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
American tandem bicycle manufacturer
Santana Cycles is the world's leading manufacturer of tandem bicycles. Santana was founded in 1976 by Bill McCready, an associate editor at Bicycling Magazine, and is located in La Verne, California.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersLa Verne1
- Websitesantanatandem.com
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Santana Cycles is the world's leading manufacturer of tandem bicycles. Santana was founded in 1976 by Bill McCready, an associate editor at Bicycling Magazine, and is located in La Verne, California.2
Timeline
- 1976Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- PPP loans $352.7K
Figures by year
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $175.3K | $175.3K |
| 2020 | $177.4K | $177.4K |
PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.
- May 1, 2020$177.4K PPP loan (first draw) from Bank of America, National Association4To SANTANA CYCLES INC, La Verne CA; $178.9K forgiven Mar 19, 2021
- Mar 12, 2021$175.3K PPP loan (second draw) from Bank of America, National Association4To SANTANA CYCLES INC, La Verne CA; $176.9K forgiven Feb 17, 2022
Links
- Websitesantanatandem.com1
- WikipediaSantana Cycles
- WikidataQ7420038
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataSantana Cycles on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSantana Cycles on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSantana Cycles logo by ErikPip, CC BY-SA 4.0
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