[1] Whyte's first bike back in 1999 was a full suspension machine and had a girder fork with twin wishbones, with a main frame made of two halves welded down the middle, and used Fox shocks for both fork and swingarm.
The prototype's appearance was likened to Preston the robot dog of Wallace and Gromit fame, which later gave the production bike its name, the PRST-1.
This helped Paul Lasenby to win the national championship in 1996, the first for a full-suspension bike.
In 2019, Whyte won a court case against British drinks company Rich Energy, regarding the potential theft of their stag logo.
[4] in February 2024 Whyte announced their CEO and chairman, Nikki Haywes, formally of Cannondale bikes.