from The Fort Worth Business Press

BY ELIZABETH BASSETT

Chris Watson had worked with the staff at Richardson Bike Mart for years. As a sales representative for bicycle companies, he was familiar with their buyers and their clientele, and when he approached them about a new product — a carbon fiber water bottle cage for racing bikes — the buyer wanted to know how many of the items could be made per week.

Watson thought about the manufacturing, which was done in a friend’s carbon fiber plant. All of the cages were hand-made by David Bradfield, Watson’s partner in the Arundel Bicycle Co., which they had just founded with a third partner.

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