Almir Zaripov
Founder & CEOAlmir Zaripov is the Founder and CEO of Lebel Bicycles, a certified pre-owned high-end bike retailer based in San Juan Capistrano, California. He founded the company in 2019 (originally as Rebel Bicycle) after experiencing firsthand how unreliable and opaque the used bike market could be, and built Lebel's multi-point inspection and certification process to fix that gap.
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Under his leadership, Lebel has grown into a buy-sell-trade platform working with premium brands including Trek, Giant, Cannondale, Orbea, and Santa Cruz, covering road, mountain, electric, triathlon, and gravel bikes.
2019
Company founded
Multi-point
Inspection & certification
Buy · Sell · Trade
Road to gravel
California
San Juan Capistrano
Almir's expertise is grounded in hands-on experience: a competitive athletic background that began with a Master of Sport title in cross-country skiing, a move into cycling in 2014, and a rise to CAT1 professional mountain bike racing by 2024, including overall series wins at Over The Hump and Kenda Cup.
That combination of technical, competitive, and retail experience gives him a firsthand read on bike valuation, condition, and market trends that few in the resale space can match.
Almir speaks with the media on the certified pre-owned bike market, valuation and inspection standards, direct-to-consumer bike industry shifts, and competitive mountain biking.
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