Villiger (bicycle manufacturer)
Villiger was a Swiss bicycle brand based in Dübendorf .
The Villiger bicycle company was founded in 1980. The Villiger Group , which was already in existence at the time, took over the Kalt company in Buttisholz that year .
Villiger manufactured touring and racing bikes and was also represented in cycling . By 2002 Villiger had also participated in the German Diamant Fahrradwerke . At times the Villiger wheels were also produced in Hartmannsdorf .
In 2003 the Villiger Group sold its bicycle division to the US Trek Bicycle Corporation . In July 2014, it announced that it would no longer manage the Villiger brand from 2015.
Web links
- Website of the bicycle brand Villiger ( Memento from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in the Internet Archive (July 2014) and ditto ( Memento from February 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (February 2006)
- Website of Villiger as a Swiss bicycle brand ( Memento of November 29, 1999 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version, November 1999)
- Villiger deal: not without sacrifice. In: Velojournal , 2003/1
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Quadri: Villiger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ History ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at diamantrad.com , accessed August 10, 2014.
- ↑ Peter Hummel: Villiger shock: Swiss production stopped. In: Velojournal , Edition 2002/1, accessed on August 10, 2014.
- ↑ Fabian Baumann: Off for traditional brand. From the Velojournal website , July 14, 2014, accessed August 10, 2014.
