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Component Makers, Stronglight

Stronglight History: A Timeline of Key Corporate and Product Events

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. The firm presently known as Stronglight traces its roots to a steel-crankset maker called Haubtmann,…

Eric Anschutz
July 5, 2026

Component Makers, Stronglight

Stronglight: Eyes on the Future

Stronglight Model 49 Double Crankset 1940s Cycles Alex Singer Mixte

When first contacting Stronglight for information about the company, I received a charming but curious response. My requests had included, naturally, a timeline, a list of events the company sees as particularly important in its history, the position the company sees…

Richard Risemberg
February 7, 2018
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