List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies explained
This page lists notable bicycle brands and manufacturing companies past and present. For bicycle parts, see List of bicycle part manufacturing companies.
Many bicycle brands do not manufacture their own product, but rather import and re-brand bikes manufactured by others (e.g., Nishiki), sometimes designing the bike, specifying the equipment, and providing quality control. There are also brands that have, at different times, been manufacturers as well as re-branders: a company with manufacturing capability may market models made by other (overseas) factories, while simultaneously manufacturing bicycles in-house, for example, high-end models.[1]
Only brands or manufacturers that are notable as a bicycle brand should be included. If no page exists for the company or brand, then the page to be linked to should be created first or a reference provided as to its notability or the entry will probably be removed.
International manufacturers
Bicycle manufacturers are in many cases members of "Groups", i.e. they have several product names - so-called "brands". Examples include the following:
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- Calcott Brothers - UK (defunct)
- Calfee Design - USA
- Caloi - Brazil
- Campion Cycle Company - UK
- Cannondale - an American division of Dorel Sports
- Canyon bicycles - Germany
- Catrike - USA (Recumbent trikes)
- CCM - Canada
- Centurion - Japan
- Cervélo - Canada
- Chater-Lea - UK
- Chicago Bicycle Company - USA (defunct)
- Cilo - Switzerland
- Cinelli - Italy
- Citizen Bike - USA (folding bikes)
- Clark-Kent - USA (defunct)
- Claud Butler - UK
- Clément - France (defunct)
- Co-Motion Cycles - USA
- Coker - USA
- Colnago - Italy
- Columbia Bicycles - USA
- Corima - France
- Cortina Cycles - USA
- Coventry-Eagle- UK (defunct - see Falcon Cycles)
- Cruzbike - USA, recumbent
- Cube - Germany
- Currys - UK, no longer makes bicycles
- Cycle Force Group - USA
- Cycles Devinci - Canada
- Cycleuropa Group - Sweden, manufactures such brands as: Bianchi, Crescent, DBS, Everton, Gitane, Kildemoes, Legnano, Micmo, Monark, Puch, Spectra, and Cyclepro.
- Cyfac - France
- Dahon - USA / China
- Dawes Cycles - UK
- Decauville, France (defunct)
- Defiance Cycle Company
- Demorest - USA (restructured as Lycoming Foundry and Machine Company and discontinued bicycle manufacturing)
- Den Beste Sykkel Better known as DBS - Norway
- Derby Cycle - Germany, owns Kalkhoff, Focus, Nishiki, Rixe, Raleigh and Univega
- De Rosa - Italy
- Cycles Devinci - Canada (not to be confused with daVinci Designs of USA, who make tandems.)
- Di Blasi Industriale - Italy
- Diamant - Norway. Unrelated brand of same name from Germany, owned by Trek
- Diamondback Bicycles - USA
- Dolan Bikes - UK
- Dorel Sports - Canada, owns Pacific Cycle and markets under brand names including Cannondale, Iron Horse, Schwinn, Mongoose, Roadmaster, and GT.
- Dunelt - UK (defunct)
- Dynacraft - USA, owns Magna and Next
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- Kalkhoff - Germany
- Kangaroo - UK
- Karbon Kinetics Limited - UK
- K2 Sports - USA
- Kent - USA
- Kestrel USA - USA (owned by Advanced Sports International)
- Kettler - Germany
- KHS - Taiwan A Manufacturer of its own bikes plus many other brands
- Kia - ROK, no longer produces bicycles
- Kinesis Industry - Taiwan and USA, Kenesis produces its own bikes as well as brands manufactured by Kinesis include Diamondback Bicycles, Felt Bicycles, GT Bicycles, Schwinn, Jamis, K2, Raleigh, Trek, and Kona
- Klein - USA (Discontinued brand owned by Trek)
- KOGA (formerly Koga Miyata) - The Netherlands
- Kogswell Cycles - USA
- Kona - USA&Canada
- Kronan - Sweden
- Kross - Poland
- KTM - Austria
- Kuota - Italy
- Kuwahara - Japan (Okinawa)
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- Pacific Cycle - USA, was acquired by Dorel Sports in 2004. Owns GT, Mongoose, Murray, Roadmaster, and Schwinn brands
- Pacific Cycles - Pacific Cycles is a Taiwan bicycle manufacturing company based in Hsin Wu, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
- Panasonic - Japan, successor to National
- Pashley Cycles - UK
- Pedersen bicycle - UK
- Pegas - RO
- Peugeot - France
- Phillips Cycles - UK
- Phoenix - China
- Pierce Cycle Company - USA (defunct)
- Pinarello - Italy
- Planet X Bikes - UK, On-One, Titus, Planet X
- Pocket Bicycles - USA
- Pogliaghi - Italy
- Polygon Bikes - Indonesia
- Pope Manufacturing Company - USA (defunct)
- Premier - UK (defunct)
- Prophete - Germany
- Puch - Austria
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See also
See main article: category.
Notes and References
- Web site: Keep on Bikin': American-Made Bikes Making a Comeback. www.utne.com. 7 May 2015.
- Web site: VinFast returns to CES 2023 with electric vehicle ecosystem. The four electric vehicle models and four electric bike concepts will be displayed at the VinFast booth in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center in booth 5501. Nguyễn Thị Kim Anh. 2022-12-27. 2023-07-24.