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Mercier

Everything Ebykr holds on Mercier: five articles, a Timeline of 33 dated events from 1919 to 2021 and eight documents in the archive.

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Mercier in the Articles library

Histories and profiles 1

Timeline 1

Build sheets 1

Build sheet

Tech Specs: 1950s Mercier Porteur

The build sheet of a cream 1950s Mercier porteur: front and rear Mercier racks, a Perry coaster hub, a MAFAC Criterium front brake and Darnault fenders.

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Galleries 1

Gallery

Cycles Mercier Image Gallery

Cycles Mercier in pictures: the Saint-Étienne factory, Pélissier, Magne and Poulidor, catalogs and advertising, duralumin bicycles and a 1950s porteur.

60 images1 min read

In the archive8 Mercier documents, read whole and page by page: six advertisements and two catalogsOpen the archive

Across Ebykr

Where Mercier is named outside its own pages: six articles and 40 archive documents from 12 other makers and five publications.

Articles 6

The articles that name Mercier most often first.

  1. How to Date a Vintage Bicycle by Its Components

    …carry one. The French makers · The French components that filled Peugeots, Gitanes, Mercier and countless others are a mixed bag, but two of them date beautifully. Maillard and its budget brand Normandy stamped…

    GuideNamed once

  2. Cycles Automoto History: Setting the Standard

    …Camélia and New Express. This multi-brand strategy (honed by others like Cycles Mercier) allowed the Saint-Étienne manufacturer to saturate different segments of the riding public—from "grande" and…

    HistoryNamed once

  3. Stronglight: Eyes on the Future

    …house-brand components, which included such respected marques as Peugeot, Hirondelle and Mercier. Yes, those Peugeot-branded parts on your trusty PX10 were probably made by Stronglight. Riding the Great Bike Boom…

    HistoryNamed once

  4. Stronglight History: A Timeline of Key Corporate and Product Events

    …well as house-brand components for era manufacturers including Peugeot, Hirondelle and Mercier. 1985 · Industry Shift · A burgeoning Asian bicycle industry reached U.S. shores for the first time. The mid-1980s…

    TimelineNamed once

  5. Duralumin History & Use in Bicycle Building

    …material or other variants of age hardened aluminum to make frames and forks included: Mercier (and Aviac and other licensees) with the popular Meca Dural family of models, the Pelissier brothers and their…

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  6. Duralumin History: A Timeline of Key Alloy and Adoption Events

    …adoption by Saint-Étienne era manufacturers such as Verrot et Perrin, Haubtmann, Mercier and Aviac, the Pelissier brothers, Nicolas Barra, Pierre Caminade and Gnome et Rhône, to its late-century revival in…

    TimelineNamed once

Archive documents 40

Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Mercier; the biggest share first.

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L'Officiel du cycle

eight advertisements

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But-Club et le Miroir des Sports

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