The bike-components team is getting bigger and bigger and the next move is scheduled for the same year: The young company rents adjoining shops to cover the increasing demand for space. Quickly the two founders are no longer the only ones who process, pack and ship orders to customers all over Germany.
Where should all the seatposts, forks, bottom brackets and tubes go? Fortunately, Aachen's city centre was open to business growth in the year 2000. And the apartment - at the same time office, warehouse and packing station - was quickly too small. The business, which was initially run out of the two students' shared flat, quickly got off the ground.
Starting in 1998 their first shop went online. So they were and are aware of how important suitable and high-quality accessories are for cyclists. Why? Because they both were and are passionate bikers. During a night at the pub, in 1997, the two RWTH Aachen mechanical engineering students came up with the idea to found an online company to ship bicycle parts and accessories. At any time of the year and for any type of cycling. All thanks to the two bike-components founders Marcus Wenkel’s and Klaus Hoenig’s plan to supply passionate bikers with essential components for their bikes, everything has been running smoothly for over 20 years. What would the world look like without his invention?įortunately, we don't really have to imagine a life without Road, Gravel, Mountain, Kids’ or E-Bikes. Something there are billions of today: the bicycle. Out of necessity, Karl Freiherr von Drais invents a vehicle to replace carriages with human muscle power. BICYCLE ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS FOR YOUR BIKEĮurope a good 200 years ago: Everyday life is marked by poor harvests as well as a lack of food and horses.
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