| 1982 | Founded : in 1982 | |
| 1986 | General Bicycles comes out with a freestyle bike. No one pays much attention. Fred blood and Craig Grasso join Generals Freestyle Team. |
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| 1987 | RL Osborn drops Redline and signs with General. Within months General becomes one of the most popular bike companies. | |
| 1988 | Craig Grasso was dropped by his sponsor General Bicycles for riding nude at the King of Vert Finals. General s'allege de son team. Même RL Osborn est à pied. |
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| GENERAL team | ||
| Fred Blood 1986 - 1987 Chris Day 1987-.... Craig Grasso 1986 RL Osborn RL switches from his longtime sponsor, Redline, to the relatively unknown General Bicycles. (1987 - 1988) Jose Yanez 1987-.... | ||