GT Bicycles Plans New R&D; Facility

GT Bicycles will open a research and development facility in Longmont, Colo., where the bike manufacturer has had an R&D; and technology development shop for seven years.

Construction on the 30,000-square-foot facility will begin in May, and Santa Ana-based GT hopes to occupy the new building by the fourth quarter.

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