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Adris

Adris 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

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Antarès Sellier France

Antarès Sellier France makes custom saddles and helmets for horse riding in France, plus bridles and girths. Its history page dates the company to 2000 and lists riders from several countries who helped develop the range.

Saddles and equestrian helmets

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Aqualung

Aqualung makes scuba diving equipment, including regulators, buoyancy compensators and wetsuits, alongside snorkeling gear.

Scuba and snorkeling equipment

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Arosno

Arosno is a French startup based in Annecy that develops the e-trace electric snowbike for winter mountain use. The company says the vehicle is designed and developed in France, assembled there from components supplied by international partners. Its site names co-founders Romain Faure and Agathe Lebaron and lists a registered address in Annecy. The product belongs to snow-sport equipment, not ordinary road bicycles or ski apparel.

Electric snowbike

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Arva

Arva makes avalanche safety equipment, including transceivers and airbag backpacks. Its own site says it was established in the Alps in 1984 and that it still develops and makes its products in France.

Specialist sports equipment

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AZR

AZR 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

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Babolat

Babolat was founded in 1875 in Lyon, France, when it invented tennis string, and calls itself the oldest racquet sports company in the world. It makes racquets, strings, shoes, balls, shuttlecocks, bags, apparel and accessories for tennis, padel and badminton, and says it is the preferred brand of today's and tomorrow's champions in those sports.

Racquet sports equipment and footwear

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Basaltwheels

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.

Handbuilt carbon bike wheels