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Argon 18
Argon 18: A Brief History
Throughout his racing career, three personal traits defined Gervais Rioux: leadership, an unflagging determination in his every effort as well as an undying passion for his sport. These qualities have remained undiminished in his current role as cycle designer and CEO of Argon 18.
In buying a Montreal bike shop at the close of his racing career, Gervais chose to put his vision of cycling to work in serving his customers. Thanks to this vision, the shop became an eastern Canadian authority in matters of road cycling and bike fit. More than 2000 bike fitting sessions took place in the store between 1990 and 1999. Alongside these developments, the house brand bike, the Argon 18, began attracting increasing attention everywhere in Canada, for its impeccable handling, quality fabrication and refined, detailed finish
The year 1999 marked a turning point for the fledgling company; that’s when Argon 18 bicycles first appeared at Interbike and soon after became available everywhere in North America. This was extended to Europe the following year, and then to Asia and Oceania. Soon, Gervais Rioux, who by now was primarily occupied with bike design, began working with a material of almost unlimited potential: carbon fiber.
This development work eventually yielded the Helium, the first full carbon frameset to bear the Argon 18 name.
2010 sees the consolidation of the Argon 18 range, with exciting new colour schemes and improvements to the overall weight of the frameset. This has been achieved by carefully analysising the lay-up techniques being used in carbon fibre construction and reducing excess material from areas where it is not needed.
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