Französische Fahrradkomponenten (Tabelle)

Französische Fahrradkomponenten und -hersteller sind zum Teil heutzutage noch aktiv am Markt und produzierten und produzieren hochqualitative Bauteile. In der folgenden Tabelle sind diese ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit aufgelistet. Wenn es einen Artikel in der WikiPedalia gibt, ist dieser verlinkt. Alternativ wird auf die Homepage oder weiterführende Informationen im Internet weiterverlinkt.

Marke	Bemerkung
AGDA	Low end leather saddles, standard equipment on the Peugeot UO-8.
Atom	Hubs, including rear drum brake popular on older tandems. Atom also made some decent pedals. Absorbed by Sachs?
Ava	Handlebars and stems. Don't ride on them, they break! Also rims.
Christophe	Toe clips and straps.
CLB	Brakes. The CLB brakes sold on U.S. market bikes were not as good as Mafacs. CLB also made a self-energizing centerpull brake with helical pivots, similar to Scott Pedersen cantilevers. For the cyclist who prefers lightness to safety, CLB also made aluminum brake cables!
Cyclo	French Cyclo was a different company from British Cyclo (Benelux). Early touring derailer mounted to chainstay, used dual cable and external tension spring (There is one on the René Hérse pictured above.) Cyclo Pans freewheel kit was a quick-change freewheel, the first to use splined sprockets like a modern freewheel of cassette. The fact that you could change ratios without having to remove the freewheel from the hub was a big deal in the '60's
Excell	Good-quality frame tubing.
Huret	Allvit derailer, the first inexpensive parallelogram-type derailer(early '60's). Duopar super-wide-range derailer, used two parallelograms to extend chain take-up. Very hot stuff in the late '70's. Jubilee, the lightest derailer ever marketed. Multito cyclometer was the first quiet cyclometer, using a rubber belt drive instead of the older star-wheel design. Bought by Sachs, name changed to Sachs. Then Sachs was bought by SRAM, name changed to SRAM.
Hutchinson	Tires. Still in business. Its 1970's products were of poor quality, but reportedly they have improved considerably since then.
Idéale	Fine leather saddles, similar to Brooks. Super-light models used flat aluminum rails.
Lapize	Toe straps--affiliated with Christophe.
Look	Ski binding company, invented the first practical clipless pedal, revolutionized the market. High tech carbon fibre frames and disc wheels rarely seen in U.S. Special rear hub with strain-gauge power measuring unit.
Lyotard	Pedals. The Model 23 "Marcel Berthet" platform pedal was one of the most elegantly designed bicycle parts ever. This pedal is the easiest-entry toe-clip type pedal ever made, and is remarkably light, especially considering its all-steel construction.
Maillard	Hubs and freewheels. Absorbed into Sachs. Helicomatic hub was an early cassette freehub.
Mafac	The best French bicycles of the 60's and early '70's all had Mafac brakes. Mafac made both centerpull calipers and cantilever brakes. Some high-end French custom builders disassembled Mafac centerpulls, and brazed the pivots to the frame, turning them into what we now call a "U-brake" "MAFAC" is an acronym from: "Manufacture Auvergnoise de Freins et Accessoires pour Cycle (Manufacturer in the Auvergne of Brakes and Accessories for Cycles.)
Mavic	The number 1 French rim maker. In the '90's they diversified into other components. Their hubs and cranksets are highly regarded. "MAVIC" is an acronym from "Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipediques Idoux et Chanel. (Idoux and Chanel were the names of the partners who founded the company in 1890.) First company to market an electronically controlled derailer. New ownership has led to retrenchment; now Mavic makes rims and wheels, as well as some clothing and bicycle computers..
Maxicar	Very good hubs. Maxicar drum brakes were fitted on the finest French tandems, they had large enough flanges that spokes could be replaced without removing the freewheel.
Michelin	Tires. The Michelin Élan was the first modern high-performance clincher.
Nervar	Cranksets. These had a different bolt circle from any other.
Nervex	Lugs. Ornate Nervex lugs were very popular on high end frames until the mid-'70's, when simpler styles came into fashion.
Normandy	Normandy hubs were supplied on almost all '70's bike boom imports. Normandy also made freewheels, and, I believe, was the first to make a freewheel that used a splined remover.
Phillipe	Handlebars and stems, good quality.
Prugnat	Lugs. Best known for simple, Italian-style lugs.
Rigida	Rims. Steel Rigida rims with textured braking surfaces were standard equipment on mid-line bike boom bikes.
Robergel	Spokes. the "3 Étoiles" (3 stars) model was widely considered the finest spoke available, until DT came along.
Sachs	A German conglomerate, has absorbed much of the French industry, including Atom/Maillard, Huret, and Sedis.
Sedis	The world's best chain, bought by Sachs which was bought by SRAM.
Simplex	The Simplex Prestige derailer was very hot stuff in 1960. It was largely made of plastic. This model was being supplied unchanged until the mid-'70's when Sun Tour blew it away with a more modern design. This was the beginning of the end of French bicycle exports to the U.S. Simplex also made quick-release skewers and high-end microadjustable seatposts. Simplex "Rétrofriction" shift levers have a cult following, and are regarded as the finest non-indexing shift levers ever.
Stronglight	Innovative maker best known for cranks and headsets. Stronglight pioneered the use of roller bearings in these parts. The headsets are still quite popular.
Super Champion	Excellent rims. The Model 58 clincher was for years the top choice for loaded touring. It was the first common aluminum-alloy clincher rim with parallel sidewalls, allowing brakes to work smoothly even on out-of-round wheels. The "Arc en Ciel" ("Rainbow") tubular rim was the state-of-the-art for lightweight racing rims. Super Champion is now a division of Wolber.
TA	France's top maker of cranks. The "Cyclotouriste" was for many years the triple chainwheel set-up. TA also used to own the market for bottle cages and shoe cleats. They also make (or at least used to make) special orthopedic pedals with interchangeable cages to accommodate riders with one leg longer than the other.
Time	Clipless pedal/shoe systems, the first to feature "float"
Velox	Patch kits, the world's best rim tape. ("Fond de jante" is French for "bottom of rim".)
Vitus	France's leading manufacturer of high-quality frame tubing. Also a major builder of frames from aluminum and carbon fiber.
Wolber	Primarily a tire manufacturer; purchased Super Champion's rim business.
Zéfal	The world's leading pump manufacturer. The Zéfal HP was the first frame pump that would give satisfactory performance with unmodified Schrader valves.

Siehe auch

• Französisch
• Französische Fahrräder

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Dieser Artikel basiert auf dem Artikel French Bicycles von der Website Sheldon Browns. Originalautor des Artikels ist Sheldon Brown.

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