Gazelle Bicycles

1892: Willem Kolling, who worked as an agent of the post office in a village in Holland called Dieren, resigned and started a bicycle trade business by ordering a bike in England. Developing its trading business very well. Kolling then started working with retailers device from the iron and stove Rudolf Arentzen from Dieren.

1902: Arentzen and Kolling buying land and new buildings in place of the current establishment of the factory and start production of bicycles. In the same year, the first time a branded bike Gazelle go on sale.

1903: The Gazelle introduces the first production motorcycle, but not made by Gazelle own.
1905: Despite good growing trade Arentzen resigned from the company. Was replaced by Hendrik Kolling, brother Willem Kolling.

1912: With the massive expansion of the land and start building them, and with the tools - the modern equipment and specialized machinery, production plan itself can be realized fully. Meraka has specialized in manufacturing complete bikes. Meanwhile, wholesale trade activity Gazelle become increasingly important.

1915: Family Kolling and their nephew Van Breuking change the company name to "NV Gazelle Rijwielfabriek v / h en Arentzen Kolling within the next twenty-five years the company has experienced steady pertumbuha. Demand from domestic outlets as well as international demand has increased significantly. This is also due to a growing market for the Gazelle bike in Indonesia at that time became one of the Dutch colony. Besides the bike - bicycle standard, some kind of motorized bicycles, delivery Bicycles (bicycle inter) and carrier tricyles (three-wheeled cargo bike) is produced for various sectors idustri.

1930 - 1931: Gazelle introduces a model framework of cross-9X and 8V.
1931: As a variation appears in the catalog Invicta brand Gazelle, while it also introduced a brand Gelria.

1935: Gazelle introduces the first tandem, which is very popular in years - years before World War II. In its introduction, 600 tandem immediately sold.

1937: electric bike 12V accumulator-driven and designed by Philips produced by five renowned bicycle manufacturer in the Netherlands. Among them, the Gazelle is the most important and they produce 117 bikes of this type. But the bike - a bike of this type was never very popular. As for many other Dutch companies, the war is a difficult time for the Gazelle. Most of the factory machinery diongkar by German soldiers who occupied and taken to Germany. Remaining engine was blown up just before the arrival of the Allies. In addition, Willem Kolling mill suffered severe damage due to war.

In August 1946 the Gazelle bike the first post-war available, and in 1950 available Gazelle bike with clip-on motors. Production of carrier Bicycles (two-wheeled cargo bike) and carrier tricycles (three-wheeled cargo bike) forwarded.

1954: Gazelle company was previously a private company converted into an incorporation. In the same year, Gazelle make 1 million bikes.

1963: In early 1963, merged with Gazelle Batavus from Heerenveen. This cooperation can not comply with the underlying hope and drop out after two years.

1964: Gazelle is a Dutch bicycle manufacturing company that introduced the first folding bike (folding bike), called "Kwikstep". Unlike other common folding bicycle, foldable Kwikstep on the horizontal axis below the elbow - elbow down (bottom bracket), not on the vertical axis.

1966: Gazelle reintroduced tandem model, this time a modern type that is not so heavy. In the same year two million bicycles made Gazelle.

1968: Gazelle took over the brand Juncker, Simplex and Locomotie well-known brand mopeds Berini.

In addition to the hub (shaft) next to the brake drum (drum-brake front hub) branded the Gazelle, which is still manufactured today, Gazelle also produce three-speed rear hub (the rear axle with a three-speed), and (in most cases) with drum brakes on sixties. After making about 45,000 of 50,000 units, production was stopped in the late sixties due to the high cost.

1971: Gazelleh taken over by Tube Investments (TI). The company name is "Gazelle Rijwielfabriek BV", a private limited company (Private Limited Company)

1987: TI to sell his bike division to Derby Cycles Corp. Multinational company with headquarters in New York is now also have bicycle manufacturer Raleigh, Sturmey-Archer bicycle manufacturers and brands - the famous German bike brands Kalkhoff, Rixe, Winora, and Staiger.

1992: Gazelle celebrate anniversary-100. In the same year, the total cumulative production reached 8 million units.

1999: In April, Tong-Gazelle reach new history: 10 million bicycles have been issued by the manufacturer. Gazelle now employs 550 employees and produces more than 300,000 bikes a year. Gazelle is one of the few major bike manufacturers that still make their own most of the frame 20% of the total production is exported to Belgium and the area - adjacent German territory.

2001: Derby Cycles Gazelle Corporation sold to investment daa Netherlands 'Guide Buy Out Fund'. Gazelle developing good, but the Derby had serious financial problems. Annual production is around 380,000 units, while market share Gazelle reached about thirty percent.
Today, the Gazelle is produced in large quantities and is known as the bike is very comfortable and powerful Mercedes Benz his Dutch bicycle brands. (Gazelle cargo bike that can be folded (first made in 1930.) Cargo box can be folded and casisnya also be changed.)
Gazelle Bicycles pebuatannya years can be traced very easily. There is a list of frame number period 1916 - 1950, which beraal from Gazelle archives.
Gazelle using direct frame number until 1974, when about numbers. The first number refers to the last digit the year of manufacture. Since 1981, the Gazelle using frame numbers with seven digits.