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Hayes Brake, (stylized as HAYES), is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin designer and manufacturer of disc brakes and disc brake systems for non-automotive applications, including Hayes Disc Brake specialising in disc brakes for bikes. In 2005 the company's nine-member management team bought Hayes Brake with Nautic Partners, a private equity firm, and renamed the company HB Performance Systems Inc.[1]
Hayes Bicycle Group has acquired Sun Ringle hubs, rims, wheels and components, WheelSmith Fabrications, Inc. and Answer/Manitou.[2][3]
As of mid-2023 Hayes Brake has become a subsidiary of Hayes Bicycle, which itself is a subsidiary of Hayes Performance Systems.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hayes Brake Management Buyout Capitalizes on Experience for Future Performance". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Hayes Bicycle Group Acquires Wheelsmith in US". Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Hayes Bicycle Group has acquired Answer Products". 3 November 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2013.