Component Makers

Histories, timelines and image galleries for the makers behind classic lightweight components — the saddles, brakes, hubs, cranksets and rims, not the frames.

Ebykr Index

Component Makers

Histories, timelines and image galleries for the makers behind classic lightweight components — the saddles, brakes, hubs, cranksets and rims, not the frames.

10Makers24Articles9Timelines
The collection by origin
Documented marques per country
France8England2
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Stronglight

FranceTimeline

Stronglight is one of the enduring names of French cycling componentry, though its own history folds together two separate companies that only later became one.

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Stronglight

France

8 documented marques · 19 articles
Duralumin

Duralumin2

TimelineAdIdéale

Idéale4

Model GuideTimelineCatalogAdLefol

Lefol2

TimelineCatalogAdMafac

Mafac2

TimelineCatalogMavic

Mavic2

TimelineMaxi-Car

Maxi-Car2

GallerySpécialités TA

Spécialités TA3

TimelineGalleryStronglight

Stronglight2

Timeline

England

2 documented marques · 5 articles
Bayliss-Wiley

Bayliss-Wiley2

TimelineBrooks

Brooks3

Model GuideTimelineCatalogAd

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