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Timelines
Thirty-four chronological marque histories, built event by dated event from the archive’s own articles. The 1930s is the busiest decade on record here — 112 dated events — which says as much about French constructeur culture as it does about the archive.
Timelines
34
one per marque
Dated events
806
every one sourced in an article
Span
1810–2026
Peugeot to Fuji
Busiest decade
1930s
112 events across 28 marques
Featured timeline · A new deep-dive each week
André Maury History: A Timeline of Key Corporate and Technical Events
André Maury built his reputation in the shadow of better-known Parisian constructeurs like Alex Singer and René Herse, working first from the…
Open the André Maury Timeline- 1902Company Founding. A bicycle retailer, operated by Gaudinat, is recorded as operating by 13 Boulevard Pasteur in the…
- 1932Product Diversification. Maury shifts from selling components to making them himself, beginning with house-made handlebars before expanding into…
- 1946Market Dominance. Mass-produced MAFAC brakes arrive on the market eight years after Speedy, offering a less artisanal alternative…
- 1956Production Milestone. A known S.E.C.T.A.M.-era Maury frame, serial #2154, is later discovered rebadged as a Ducheron, raising the…
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
