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Everything Ebykr holds on Stronglight: two articles, a Timeline of 10 dated events from 1906 to 2000 and three documents in the archive.
The history of Stronglight on Ebykr.
Stronglight 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.
Grouped by format, the most read first.
A timeline of Stronglight from Achille Haubtmann's chainrings of 1906 and Verrot Perrin's Stronglight name to the takeover that joined them and today.
Where Stronglight is named outside its own pages: 13 articles, nine build sheets and 50 archive documents from 19 other makers and three publications.
The articles that name Stronglight most often first.
…The PR-10 sat in the middle, with a butted Reynolds 531 main triangle and an alloy Stronglight crank, and gave way to the PKN-10 around 1980. At the top was the PX-10, introduced as a model in 1953 and carried as…
…derailleurs, the Prestige in particular, carry a month-and-year code on the back face. Stronglight is the awkward one: there was never a consistent Stronglight date stamp, so its cranks are dated by model instead. The…
…cornerstone of Navet's own legacy. Navet was not the only Frenchman chasing lightness. Stronglight, founded in 1931 by Louis Vérot at the Établissements Vérot-Perrin in the Loire, had already produced the first…
…story, is discovered; aviation adopts it through the 1920s. 1931 · Industry Context · Stronglight, founded by Louis Vérot in the Loire, produces the first duralumin crankset, a five-bolt design on a 50.4mm bolt…
…the Competition and MAFAC 2000 models). Other members included: Maillard, Simplex and Stronglight. Despite these efforts, economic pressures and strong competition from groupset manufacturers ultimately led to…
…and beauty, featuring a lightweight frame made of Vitus tubing. It featured high-quality Stronglight components and gave riders eight gears and the "luxury" of toe clips to keep their feet secure. The 1953 PX-10: This…
…the country's Industrial Revolution. Bicycle makers like Automoto, component makers like Stronglight and materials suppliers like Ateliers de la Rive (Vitus) operated out of the Saint-Étienne area during Mercier's…
…Corporate/Market · MAFAC joined the Spidel consortium (with Maillard, Simplex and Stronglight) to compete with groupset manufacturers, supplying Competition and MAFAC 2000 calipers and levers. Late 1970s –…
…to fast and expensive in most every language worldwide. Just ask the good people over at Stronglight, who have known this since at least 1931, when Verrot et Perrin coined that clever name for a Duralumin crankset.
…brazing: Drivetrain & Gears: Often fitted with Simplex or Cyclo derailleurs, paired with Stronglight, Duprat or Durax cranks. These were the workhorses of the French peloton, chosen for their reliability under the…
…with a duralumin-framed Idéale saddle, MAFAC brakes, a Cyclo derailleur, a light-alloy Stronglight chainset carrying a T.A. triple, JOS lighting and MAXI-CAR hubs. 1961 · Product Launch · The Type 2b was introduced…
…the first light alloy crank arms made of Duralumin by this year, and created the Stronglight name for them. Haubtmann took the firm over only decades later. 1934 · Product Launch · Haubtmann released a…
…makers from cycling's golden era that remain popular today - Ideale, JOS, Maxi-Car and Stronglight, to name a few - surprisingly little is known about the Lefol marque given the timeless familiarity of the company's…
Bicycles in the Tech Specs database that name Stronglight.
Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Stronglight; the biggest share first.
22 catalogs
three documents: two catalogs and one advertisement
three advertisements
two catalogs
one catalog
one advertisement
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one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one catalog
one advertisement
one catalog
three advertisements
one catalog
one advertisement
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