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Saint-Étienne on Ebykr: 11 articles across five makers, with five histories, four Timelines and two build sheets.
The most read history in this topic.
MercierHistoryCycles Mercier of Saint-Étienne from 1919 to the 1980s: the Pélissier brothers, 50 Tours de France, 25 sub-brands and the Méca Dural bicycles of Indochina.
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AutomotoHistoryCycles Automoto of Saint-Étienne: the cloverleaf marque of 1898, its four Tour de France wins of 1923 to 1926 and its merger into the Peugeot group.
StronglightHistoryStronglight from Haubtmann through Verrot Perrin's square-taper crank and the 49D to the bike boom, the 1993 bankruptcy and a rebirth under the same name.
DuraluminHistoryDuralumin from Alfred Wilm's German alloy of 1909 to French bicycles and components of the 1930s, the Vitus 979, its disappearance and its return.
MercierHistoryEvery sub-brand and OEM deal of Cycles Mercier, about 25 in all, from Fééric and Monspor to Duravia, Spoutnik and the Bobet, Leducq and Pélissier bicycles.
MercierTimelineA timeline of Cycles Mercier from its 1919 founding in Saint-Étienne through Poulidor and the Méca Dural to the 1985 bankruptcy and the revivals.
StronglightTimelineA timeline of Stronglight from Achille Haubtmann's chainrings of 1906 and Verrot Perrin's Stronglight name to the takeover that joined them and today.
AutomotoTimelineA timeline of Cycles Automoto from Saint-Étienne in 1889 through four straight Tour wins of 1923 to 1926 to Peugeot's control and the marque's end in 1962.
DuraluminTimelineA timeline of Duralumin, named by Alfred Wilm in 1909: French components of the 1930s, Gnome et Rhône bicycles of 1946 and the Vitus 979 of 1979 to 1992.
Cycle de FranceBuild sheetA show randonneuse of 1948 from Cycles de France of Saint-Étienne: 650B wheels, Mafac cantilevers, Lefol fenders and the seat-stay gear levers Rebour drew.
AutomotoBuild sheetThe build sheet of a chromed 1948 Automoto Concours Sportif show bicycle: hand-cut lugs, clover fork inserts, a Huret three-speed and an Idéale saddle.
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