Simplon
simplon.com/en
Last updated: 8 November 2026
The company
- Business activity, as stated
- assembly of around 7,000 bikes annually remain handcrafted in Hard
“Between 2000 and 2004, SIMPLON continues to focus on premium quality from Vorarlberg. Frame development and the assembly of around 7,000 bikes annually remain handcrafted in Hard.”
Source: simplon.com/en/About-us/History
Identity
- Company history claim
- the bicycle trade becomes a full-fledged manufacturing business
- Legal entity
- SIMPLON Fahrrad GmbH
- Founded
- 1961
“By 1952, the bicycle trade becomes a full-fledged manufacturing business. Under the name "Falke", Josef and his son Kurt Hämmerle begin building the first custom bikes.”
Source: simplon.com/en/About-us/History
“Kurt Hämmerle retires and passes the company leadership to Heinz and Andreas Hämmerle. Hämmerle OHG becomes SIMPLON Fahrrad GmbH.”
Source: simplon.com/en/About-us/History
“In 1961, the brand name “SIMPLON” is officially established, inspired by the Simplon mountain pass in the Swiss canton of Valais.”
Source: simplon.com/en/About-us/History
Models we hold
- Chenoa :e High
22,00 kg · ETRTO: 54 - 622 Inch: 29 x 2.10
- Rapcon :e
22,8 kg · ETRTO: 65-622 / Inch: 29 x 2.60
- SILK 365 :eLight High
18,83 kg · ETRTO: 54-622 / Inch: 29*2.10
Sources
- The history of a premium bike manufacturerArchived document
Source: simplon.com/en/About-us/History
Retrieved November 8, 2026