Basaltwheels builds handmade carbon bike wheels in a workshop near Montpellier, for road, mountain bike, gravel and time trial or triathlon use. The brand has existed since 2015.
Same category, HQ in France
COCorima makes prepreg carbon wheels, entirely hand-made in its workshop in Loriol-sur-Drôme, for road, track, time trial and triathlon. It also makes wheels for handbikes and sport wheelchairs.
Carbon bike wheels
DEDecathlon was born in France in 1976, is active in 72 countries and calls itself the world's largest sporting goods retailer. It designs and sells sports clothing and gear across many in-house brands, such as Simond for climbing and Forclaz for trekking, with a focus on affordable hiking, camping and cycling gear for people of all levels. Decathlon's own brand structure includes category specialists such as Quechua, Kipsta and Btwin, plus expert labels including Van Rysel and Kiprun; they are Decathlon lines rather than unrelated companies.
Specialist sports equipment
EKEkoï was born in 2001 in Roubaix, the city known to cyclists as the finish of Paris-Roubaix. Founder Jean-Christophe Rattel has a real passion for fine equipment and pro cycling, and the brand makes helmets, eyewear, apparel and gear for road, MTB and triathlon.
Cycling helmets, eyewear and apparel
MAMavic was founded in Lyon in 1889, when Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel set up the Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux & Chanel. For more than 137 years it has shaped cycling through wheels, rims and rider gear, and hand manufacturing remains at the heart of the brand, now run by Mavic Group near Annecy.
Wheels and cycling gear
ADAdris designs and builds road, gravel and mountain bikes in Colpo, Brittany. The French brand was launched in 2009 and sells through a dealer network.
Road, gravel and mountain bikes
AZAZR is a French sports-eyewear brand, run by the company SAS ALCAD, with ranges for road, mountain-bike, trail and junior cycling. It is based in Saint-Donat-sur-l’Herbasse in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Sports eyewear
