About Quarq


James Meyer

Founder / Engineer / CEO

Mieke Meyer

Customer Service / CFO

Mark Rages

Electronics Guru

Kevin Jasper

Production Specialist

Ryan Jennings

Engineering Specialist

Kai Gonzales

Customer Service Specialist

Sir Isaac Newton Meter

Great Dane / Zoomies Specialist


Newton


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)