Since 1951

Eight decades on two wheels

The ’50s

1950

  • 1951A garage behind the houseErika and Hans Lindner start repairing bicycles in a garage in Bremen. On Saturdays the queue reaches the street.
  • 1956The first frame of our ownThe city bike is welded by hand, painted in one green and sold to the neighbors first.

The ’60s

1960

  • 1964The touring bike Model 64Built for the coast road, with a rack that holds a full picnic. 4,000 leave the workshop in the first year.

The ’70s

1970

  • 1972Into the old rope factoryThe company moves to the harbor, into a hall long enough to build a frame from start to finish on one line.

The ’80s

1980

  • 1983The first aluminum frameLighter by a third, and the start of a long argument with the steel purists in the workshop.

The ’90s

1990

  • 1991A second workshop in LeipzigTwelve mechanics from Leipzig join, and with them the best wheel builders the company has had.

The 2000s

2000

  • 2004Bikes that carry thingsThe first cargo bike, built for a bakery that wanted to deliver without a van.

The ’10s

2010

  • 2012Spare parts for 30 yearsEvery bike sold comes with the promise that its parts will be available for three decades.
  • 2019An electric drive from BremenThe motor is designed in the old rope factory and can be repaired by any good workshop.

The ’20s

2020

  • 202675 years and one million bikesThe millionth bike leaves the line in March. It goes to a bakery, of course.