The history of the Inverse brand is intertwined with the history of Spanish and Catalan cycling, through the figure of Joaquim Sabate i Daus\u00e0, the company’s founder.
The club Esport Ciclista Barcelona was founded in 1929. Joaquim Sabat\u00e9 was born a year later, in 1930, and he became member of the club in the late 1940s to overcome a hip injury. In the early 1950s, he met Maria Bosch, another member of the club who later became his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1956, Joaquim Sabate became president of the club; he resigned from the post that year and did not become president again until 1962. At that time, the club was more geared towards cycling tours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 1960s saw the birth of two important cycling events which had a major influence on cycling in Spain: the Catalan Cycling Week, which took place for the first time in the spring of 1962, and the Montju\u00efc Castle Ascent, which began in March 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sabat\u00e9 was president of the Esport Ciclista Barcelona club between 1962 and 2001, the year he died. During those years, Sabat\u00e9 became a driving force behind cycling in Catalonia, which was recognized posthumously with the award of the Barcelona Medal of Honour in 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-4159","history","type-history","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n