Bicycle Brands

Meet some of the manufacturers behind the bicycles we ride. Each brand has its own history, home country and range of bikes, from racing machines to folding city bikes.

Road bike held in a workstand in a bicycle repair workshop
Photo: Alexander Dummer / Pexels
Black Cervélo S5 aero road bike with deep carbon wheels and disc brakes, leaning against a concrete wall
Photo: Glory Cycles, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized by VeloVerse.

Canada

Cervélo

A bicycle company founded in 1995 in Toronto, Canada, by engineers Gérard Vroomen and Phil White. Cervélo is best known for aerodynamic road and triathlon bikes ridden by professional racing teams. It is now owned by the Dutch company Pon Holdings and has its headquarters in California, United States.

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Orange Brompton folding bicycle, unfolded, with small wheels and mudguards, standing in a rear-wheel stand
Photo: Alicjajoanna, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, plain wall added at each side so the whole bicycle fits, and resized by VeloVerse. This adapted version is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

United Kingdom

Brompton

A British company founded in 1976 by Andrew Ritchie and known for its folding bicycles, which fold into a compact package that stands up on its own. Its bikes are made in Greenford, London. Most models use 16-inch wheels and a steel main frame, and some versions have titanium parts.

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White Colnago V3-RS road bike with blue details and deep carbon wheels against a brick wall
Photo: Glory Cycles, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized by VeloVerse.

Italy

Colnago

An Italian company founded in 1954 by Ernesto Colnago in Cambiago, near Milan. Colnago became famous for high-quality steel racing frames and later for carbon-fibre race bikes, starting with the C40 in the 1990s. Tadej Pogačar won the 2020 Tour de France on a Colnago. Since 2020 the company has been majority-owned by the UAE-based Chimera Investments.

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Red, white and black Orbea Avant road bike with disc brakes on a stand inside a bicycle shop
Photo: Glory Cycles, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized by VeloVerse.

Spain

Orbea

A Spanish company from the Basque Country, founded in 1840 in Eibar as a maker of guns. Orbea began making bicycles in 1930, and since 1969 it has been a workers' co-operative and part of the Mondragon Corporation. Its headquarters are in Mallabia.

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Blue Canyon Speedmax CFR triathlon bike with aero extensions on the handlebar and deep carbon wheels
Photo: Peter Ehrit Werbefotografie GmbH / Canyon Bicycles GmbH, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized by VeloVerse. This adapted version is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Germany

Canyon

A German company based in Koblenz. It grew from Radsport Arnold, a bike parts business started in 1985 by brothers Roman and Franc Arnold, and has used the Canyon Bicycles name since the early 2000s. Canyon sells its bikes directly to riders online instead of through bike shops.

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