- Ideal Bikes
Ideal Bikes is a Greek bicycle manufacturer located in "Agios Vassileios", near
Patras .History
The company "Maniatopoulos Bros S.A." was founded in Patras in 1926, originally as an importer of bicycles and (later) motorbikes. In 1987 it was renamed "Nikos Maniatopoulos S.A." The brand "Ideal" is used since 1977; in 1991 production moved to its present modern factory in "Agios Vassileios", while an aggressive export campaign established the brand in over 20 countries. The company maintains very advanced Design, Development and production technology infrastructure and "Ideal Bikes" is an extremely popular brand, especially in Europe, with a network of distributors throughout the continent. Other branches of the Maniatopoulos family have been involved in the automotive sector, like the owners of "MAVA" (the
Renault importer in Greece, who designed and produced theMAVA-Renault Farma automobile).Teams
In its first year as a professional team the
Team Volksbank started as "Volksbank-Ideal". The swiss/lettonian teamRietumu Bank-Riga is sponsored by Ideal and begun as "Rietumu Bank-Riga-Ideal". Several mountain-bike teams won international titles on Ideal bikes: [See also "Teams" on: http://www.idealcyklar.se/] :* Ideal Bikes Team
* Team Emmedue
* Team Zwillingscraft
* Team Biking Cyprus
References
External links
*http://www.idealbikes.net
* [http://www.idealbikesteam.com/ The "Ideal Bikes Team" (based in Varese/Italy)]
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