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Selle Italia

Selle Italia began life in 1897 in the village of Corsico, just outside Milan. Its original output was saddles for work bikes, delivery cycles and...

Selle Italia

Rapha

Rapha, which takes its name from a 1960s cycling team, has been around as a brand since 2004 but in that time they’ve made quite...

Rapha

dhb

The tale of dhb isn’t quite the same as a lot of other cycle brands. If you’re going to go all the way back, they...

dhb

Altura

Altura was formed in North Yorkshire, UK, in 1995. With its combination of quiet roads, rugged terrain and very variable weather, it seems the perfect...

Altura

Endura

The Edinburgh-based cycle clothing specialist Endura Ltd was founded in 1992, by Jim McFarlane. Jim, who had long been a keen cyclist, spent 14 months...

Endura

Gore Bike Wear

Gore Bike Wear is a cycling apparel company owned by W. L. Gore & Associates of Newark, New Jersey. The company, established by Wilbert (Bill)...

Gore Bike Wear

Scott

The Swiss company SCOTT Sports actually stems from Sun Valley, Idaho, where in 1958 Ed Scott, an engineer and enthusiastic skier, invented the first ever...

Scott

Shimano

Shimano are one of those big Japanese companies that seem to make everything, without you really noticing. Established in 1921 by Shozaburo Shimano as the...

Shimano

Ridgeback

Ridgeback are a bike manufacture based in Stanmore, England. They’re owned by Madison Cycles, who are the company that import Shimano gears into the country....

Ridgeback

Brompton

The Brompton Bicycle story is one of those beautifully British tales of the bedroom inventor and his brilliant creation, which very nearly missed out on...

Brompton

Raleigh

The Raleigh Bicycle Company began life in Nottingham, England in 1887, making it one of the oldest bike manufacturers in the world. Frank Bowden (the...

Raleigh

Topeak

Topeak introduced themselves to the cycling scene back in 1991 with their Survival Gear Box, a stylish, but above all practical and rugged solution to...

Topeak

Pashley

Pashley was established in 1926 in Birmingham, England by the fantastically named William Rathbone ‘Rath’ Pashley. The company’s original slogan was ‘Birmingham produces the finest...

Pashley

Osprey

Osprey specialise in backpacks and other luggage for outdoor pursuits. They are based in Colorado, USA, where they were first established in 1974 by Mike...

Osprey

Liv/Giant

Liv/giant began life as a Giant off-shoot aimed at catering for the Asian women’s market. However in 2010 it was re-launched as their global brand...

Liv/Giant

GoPro

GoPro is a wearable action camera manufacturer based in San Mateo, California. The company’s founder Nick Woodman was apparently motivated to start up the business...

GoPro

The North Face

The North Face has grown out of a little mountaineering equipment store started in San Francisco in 1968 by Douglas Tompkins and Kenneth ‘Hap’ Klopp....

The North Face

SiS

SiS, or Science in Sport to give it its full name, is a leading sports nutrition company based in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was founded in...

SiS

Bobbin Bicycles

Bobbin Bicycles started life as charming, one-of-a-kind little boutique in Islington, London. The owners, husband and wife Tom Morris and Sian Emmison, started off by...

Bobbin Bicycles

Muc Off

If they ever start giving out awards for making cleaning products sound extreme, Muc-Off are going to be up on that stage dousing each other...

Muc Off

Vans

Vans was founded on March 16 1966 at 704 East Broadway, Anaheim, California, USA. This is when the Van Doren Rubber Company opened its first...

Vans

Abus

Abus Padlocks is a German company that has been trading since 1924, based in a town called Wetter in the country’s North Rhine area. Another...

Abus

Sweaty Betty

Sweaty Betty began life on the rather refined streets of London’s Notting Hill. The company was established in 1998 by Tamara Hill-Norton and her husband...

Sweaty Betty

Trek

Trek was founded in late 1975 in a former carpet warehouse in Waterloo, Wisconsin. The founders, Dick Burke and Bevill Hogg, initially had a workforce...

Trek
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