fbpx
Wikipedia

Clément Cycles

Clément Cycles, La Société des Vélocipédes Clément, Clément & Cie was a French bicycle manufacturer that was founded by the industrial entrepreneur Adolphe Clément (known from 1909 as Clément-Bayard). From its beginnings as a bicycle repair shop in Bordeaux, through its establishment as a bicycle shop and workshop in Paris to its mass manufacture of a wide range of bicycles from the purpose built, state of the art factory at Levallois-Perret, Paris, the brand always combined advertising and marketing flair with quality products.[1]

Clément Cycles,
Clement & Cie
Advertisement (1898)
IndustryBicycle manufacturing
Founded1876
FounderAdolphe Clément
FateDefunct
Headquarters

History edit

In 1876, after 2 years of cycle racing, working and saving, Clément-Bayard had enough money to start in business, so he opened a bicycle repair works in Bordeaux, aged 21. The next stage of his business plan was to move to Marseille where he learned how to manufacture steel tubes for bicycles. The following year he moved to Lyon and began manufacturing whole bicycles under the name 'Clément SA cycles'.[1]

Clément cycles edit

The following year, circa 1878, he moved to Paris and opened a cycle business, A. Clément & Cie, at 20 Rue Brunel near the Place de l'Etoile. Here he also ran a cycling school and was competing in cycle races. In Paris his business backers were monsieur de Graffenried and monsieur de Montgeron.[1][2]

At the end of 1878 Adolphe partnered the cycling champion Charles Terront at the 'Six-Days' cycling event at the Agricultural Hall in London. He also opened a sales showroom at 31 rue 'du 4-September', in Paris and started a poster advertising campaign, a new concept.[1]

In September 1879, Clément built an iron smelter in Tulle, in the Limousin where there was a good supply of water power, but he did not have sufficient finance to make it viable and Tulle was too remote from Paris, so he had to sell the plant.[1]

By 1880 the "Clément" cycle manufacturing business at Rue Brunel, had circa 150 employees building bicycles. The machines were regarded as high quality and by 1890 Clément was the leading cycle brand in France.[1][3][4]

Clément-Gladiator cycles edit

In 1896 Adolphe Clément who held the extremely profitable manufacturing rights for Dunlop tyres in France joined with a syndicate led by Dunlop's founder Harvey Du Cros to buy out the Gladiator Cycle Company and they merged it into a major bicycle manufacturing conglomerate of Clement, Gladiator & Humber & Co Limited.[5] The range of cycles was expanded with tricycles, quadricycles, and in 1902 a motorised bicycle, then cars and motorcycles.[2]

Publicity posters edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hartmann, Gérard. "Hydro Retro, Clément-Bayard, sans peur et sans reproche" (PDF) (in French).
  2. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  3. ^ Stéphane Gautreau. "Vieux vélos de France, vélos anciens :: Les premiers vélocipèdes".
  4. ^ "Pierre Giffard".
  5. ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.

External links edit

  Media related to Clément vehicles at Wikimedia Commons

clément, cycles, société, vélocipédes, clément, clément, french, bicycle, manufacturer, that, founded, industrial, entrepreneur, adolphe, clément, known, from, 1909, clément, bayard, from, beginnings, bicycle, repair, shop, bordeaux, through, establishment, bi. Clement Cycles La Societe des Velocipedes Clement Clement amp Cie was a French bicycle manufacturer that was founded by the industrial entrepreneur Adolphe Clement known from 1909 as Clement Bayard From its beginnings as a bicycle repair shop in Bordeaux through its establishment as a bicycle shop and workshop in Paris to its mass manufacture of a wide range of bicycles from the purpose built state of the art factory at Levallois Perret Paris the brand always combined advertising and marketing flair with quality products 1 Clement Cycles Clement amp CieAdvertisement 1898 IndustryBicycle manufacturingFounded1876FounderAdolphe ClementFateDefunctHeadquartersLevallois Perret Paris Contents 1 History 1 1 Clement cycles 1 2 Clement Gladiator cycles 2 Publicity posters 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn 1876 after 2 years of cycle racing working and saving Clement Bayard had enough money to start in business so he opened a bicycle repair works in Bordeaux aged 21 The next stage of his business plan was to move to Marseille where he learned how to manufacture steel tubes for bicycles The following year he moved to Lyon and began manufacturing whole bicycles under the name Clement SA cycles 1 Clement cycles edit The following year circa 1878 he moved to Paris and opened a cycle business A Clement amp Cie at 20 Rue Brunel near the Place de l Etoile Here he also ran a cycling school and was competing in cycle races In Paris his business backers were monsieur de Graffenried and monsieur de Montgeron 1 2 At the end of 1878 Adolphe partnered the cycling champion Charles Terront at the Six Days cycling event at the Agricultural Hall in London He also opened a sales showroom at 31 rue du 4 September in Paris and started a poster advertising campaign a new concept 1 In September 1879 Clement built an iron smelter in Tulle in the Limousin where there was a good supply of water power but he did not have sufficient finance to make it viable and Tulle was too remote from Paris so he had to sell the plant 1 By 1880 the Clement cycle manufacturing business at Rue Brunel had circa 150 employees building bicycles The machines were regarded as high quality and by 1890 Clement was the leading cycle brand in France 1 3 4 Clement Gladiator cycles edit In 1896 Adolphe Clement who held the extremely profitable manufacturing rights for Dunlop tyres in France joined with a syndicate led by Dunlop s founder Harvey Du Cros to buy out the Gladiator Cycle Company and they merged it into a major bicycle manufacturing conglomerate of Clement Gladiator amp Humber amp Co Limited 5 The range of cycles was expanded with tricycles quadricycles and in 1902 a motorised bicycle then cars and motorcycles 2 Publicity posters edit nbsp Clement amp Cie tricycles amp bicycles 1890 nbsp Paris Brest Paris Joseph Jiel Laval 1891 nbsp Arthur Augustus Zimmerman using Dunlop tyres 1894 By Jean de Paleologu nbsp Clement Cycles amp Automobiles poster 1902 nbsp Clement poster ca 1903References edit a b c d e f Hartmann Gerard Hydro Retro Clement Bayard sans peur et sans reproche PDF in French a b Yesterday s The place where you buy all your antique and classic bikes Archived from the original on 2012 02 20 Retrieved 2012 03 09 Stephane Gautreau Vieux velos de France velos anciens Les premiers velocipedes Pierre Giffard Georgano N 2000 Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile London HMSO ISBN 1 57958 293 1 External links edit nbsp Media related to Clement vehicles at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clement Cycles amp oldid 1219326668, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.