C.N.C. sounds like a military organisation but stands for Comptoir National Du Cycle and was a cycle manufacturer in the heart of Paris founded by the Fletcher family in 1936, who build custom bicycles to order. It doesn’t exist anymore, as the company went out of business back in the late 1980’s. Near to the Gare Du Nord, on Rue Du Foubourg Saint Denis, the C.N.C. headquarter was located but their frames were soldered at a suburban called Vitry because of Parisian city codes which do not allow industrial welding and soldering within the city limits anymore. C.N.C. is also known for owning the brands brands Thomann and Chaplait. But until now I didn´t come along a brand Perucca. However with beeing the owner of Thomann C.N.C. is next to Rene Herse, Alcyon, Follis, Barra and BACU or Carré what makes them probably part of the most iconic bike brands or frame builders of France
The company employed about 63 people with 5 of them soldering frames but only 3 of them soldered those frames that were sold under the C.N.C. brand.
One of these three should have been a man called Ducret, who joined the company at its beginning and seems to have been the business partner of Raymond Fletcher and co-owner of C.N.C.
Nevertheless C.N.C frames were made to measure and of very good quality by using Reynolds or other high quality tubing. Later (in the 70s or 80s) the Russian bicycle national team was amongst their customers also.
But justify for yourself
Stay tuned!
No comments:
Post a Comment