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Timelines
Thirty-three chronological marque histories, built event by dated event from the archive’s own articles. The 1930s is the busiest decade on record here — 111 dated events — which says as much about French constructeur culture as it does about the archive.
Timelines
33
one per marque
Dated events
766
every one sourced in an article
Span
1810–2025
Peugeot to Brooks England
Busiest decade
1930s
111 events across 27 marques
Featured timeline · A new deep-dive each week
Lefol History: A Timeline of Key Fender and Component Events
Long before it became a byword for the durable, elegant aluminum fenders that seem never to die or go out of style,…
Open the Lefol Timeline- 1871First Documented Reference. The first known cross reference of "J. Lefol" and "Courbevoie" appears in a letter co-signed by…
- 1936Aluminum Fender Monopoly. During this period, no other aluminum fenders were widely available in pre-World War Two France, and…
- 1947Company Location. Lefol Cie was located at 49 Rue d'Alsace and then 43 Rue Louis-Blanc in Courbevoie during…
- 1961Advertisement and Diversification. The "J. Lefol" signature still had marketing value in 1961, when Lefol Cie proclaimed, "exigez bien…
Two centuries of the lightweight bicycle
Events per decade — darker is busier, and every cell opens its marque’s timeline. The twelve earliest-founded marques are shown first; the leftmost column gathers the two events from before 1850.
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Alphabetical, each with its span, event count and decade-by-decade rhythm
