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A reference guide to the Idéale saddle and clip lineup, covering model number, category, top material, rail material, size, weight and technical notes for dozens of historic models. Use this table to identify, compare and date saddles from the Idéale catalog.
Duralumin is not a bicycle marque in the usual sense. It is the trade name of an age-hardened aluminum alloy, developed in Germany and adopted across a cluster of French manufacturers who saw in it the same promise materials engineers…
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,…
Cycles Alex Singer began as one man’s answer to bad roads and long distances, a tiny Paris-area atelier built on the conviction that a touring bicycle should be designed entirely around the rider who will use it. What started as…
Long before it became a byword for the durable, elegant aluminum fenders that seem never to die or go out of style, the name of Lefol passed through the fires of revolutionary Paris, the golden era of French cyclotouring and…
Nearly a century before swoopy modern wonderbikes claimed aluminum frames and quick-disassembly travel bikes as innovations, Pierre Caminade had already built them. Working from a small Parisian atelier, Caminade pursued an obsessive, self-driven programme of aluminum-magnesium frame construction, componentry and…
André Maury built his reputation in the shadow of better-known Parisian constructeurs like Alex Singer and René Herse, working first from the 15th Arrondissement and later under the corporate banner of S.E.C.T.A.M. His fillet-brazed frames and quiet technical innovations, including a 1948 threadless stem decades ahead of its time, mark this timeline of French cyclotouring's golden age.
Joseph “Jo” Routens ranked among the greatest makers of randonneur, cyclotouring and cyclosportif bicycles in cycling history, distinct from contemporaries René Herse and Alex Singer for his unwavering commitment to the everyday cyclist. This timeline traces his competitive and manufacturing legacy from the Brevet de Randonneur Alpin through his eponymous marque, anchored in Grenoble, France.
From its 1887 beginnings as a modest textile workshop built by Charles Terrot in rural Dijon, France, the Terrot enterprise grew into a resoundingly popular manufacturer of bicycles and motorcycles over the next three quarters of a century. This timeline traces its groundbreaking products, aggressive marketing and podium record from 1887 to 1970.
Gitane took its name from founder Marcel Bruneliere's own nickname, given to him by his wife for his constant continent-spanning dealmaking, and applied it to bicycles beginning in 1930. This timeline traces the marque's Tour de France triumphs under Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond through its eventual reduction to a licensed name on generic bicycles.