Johann Puch was a well-known bicycle manufacturer
in Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century. In 1906 he formed Johann Puch
Erste Steiermarkische Fahrrad-Fabriks-Aktiengesellschaft in Graz, Austria.
The company produced bicycles, motorcycles and small automobiles.
In 1914 the name was
simplified to "Puchwerke AG". Puch merged with Austro Daimler in 1925.
Puch car
production ended back then, though Austro Daimler continued making cars until merger with Steyr in
1934, forming Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Steyr carried on with cars until 1977, when the last
license-built FIATs rolled off the line. Since 1979 the Mercedes G-Modell runs on the lines of Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Graz.
Production of bicycles was closed in Graz in 1987 by selling this part to Bianchi group. More details on Puch history can be founde here.
In the Seventies and Eighties Austro-Daimler and Puch followed the bike boom to the american marked and wereknown for their famous models Super Leicht, Ultima, Mistra EL and Vent Noir.
In Austria the RC ARBÖ ASKÖ RAPSO Knittelfeld with Rudolf Mitteregger, Harald Maier, Hans Lienhart and Leo Karner claimed many victories on Puch leightweights since 1978.
That was the podium Puch and Austro-Daimler needed in order to introduce and proof the famous models and frames beeing rock solid and fast.
In 2011 the austrian Faber GmbH let the brand name Puch raise again by selling fixies and eBikes with chinese componetns to hippsters and to the masses; something like a real mess in comparision with the quality Austro-Daimler/ Puch leightweights were known for in the past.
In 1975 Austro-Daimler/ Puch launched the black smoke chromed Vent Noir, which was Campagnolo equipped first and Shimano Dura Ace 1. Generation black equipped at 1976.
In 1981 the model Vent Noir II was the smoke chromed successor of the Vent Noir; equipped with Shimano Dura Ace EX.
Please stay tuned ... pictures of mine Vent Noir II will follow.
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