About Quarq

Quarq Timeline

September 2009

• Quarq announces the Qollector

July 2009

• The first annual Quarq Power Camp with Hunter Allen takes place in the Black Hills

May 2009

• Quarq hires Kai Gonzales to help with customer service and tech support

January 2009

• Quarq provides Cervelo Test Team with CinQos

• Ryan Jennings (Engineer) starts working at Quarq

December 2008:

• The CinQo Saturn is introduced and flying out the door

August 2008

• Quarq hires Kevin Jasper (bike mechanic and chemist) to help with production

June 2008:

• Gen One CinQos start shipping! (wow, it's a lot harder than just slapping strain gages on some aluminum)

Q1 2008:

• Are we shipping yet? (that was the most common email we received)

September 2007:

• Our first Interbike experience (whew! prototypes all came together at the last minute)

August 2007:

• Quarq enters into a one week contract with Mark Rages to help with programming and electronics (he has been working full time with Quarq ever since)

Most of 2007:

• Lots of testing, refinement and more testing going on

February 2007:

• Quarq's teaser blog is launched

December 2006:

• Mieke graduates with her MBA
• Jim and Mieke move back to Spearfish, SD

Rest of 2006:

• Testing and design work continues on the CinQo

June 2006:

• Quarq is incorporated in South Dakota

May 2006:

• Jim spends 10 hours soldering and wiring up the first CinQo prototype
• Jim tests his prototype on an SRM cal rig at QAS (it worked!)
• Jim starts working part time at Cycleogical Bike Shop

March 2006:

• Jim convinces Mieke he can build a new powermeter
• Jim and Mieke go to the Taiwan bike show to "check things out"

February 2006:

• Jim wants a powermeter
• Mieke says "no" (there were student loans again)

January 2006:

• Jim and Mieke move to Brisbane, Australia
• Mieke starts MBA program at Queensland U. of Technology
• Jim starts training for triathlons full time

Fall 2005:

• Jim quits his job as General Manager of RAMVAC (Spearfish, SD)
• Mieke quits her job as Rangeland Management Specialist with the US Forest Service (Wall, SD)