BH BIKES ASIA Beistegui Hermanos S.A. (BH) is a Spanish bicycle manufacturer founded in 1909 to make guns. Cycleurope owns Bianchi, Peugeot and Gitane.
In the early 1920s, it began making bicycles and sponsoring cycling teams. Prior to the Spanish Civil War, Beistegui Hermanos also produced fi****ms, specifically copies of the Ruby pistol (as the 1914 Model) and Ma**er C96 (as the MM31 and MM34). BH is in Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital of the Basque Country. During the 1960s, the main BH factory in Vitoria manufactured not just frames but everything fr
om saddle to spokes and handlebar. Today, BH has two manufacturing and assembly facilities in Vitoria and another in Portugal. The facilities include CNC laser machining which also produces fitness equipment and parts for BMW and Mercedes Benz. In the early 1990s, BH purchased Peugeot and founded Cycleurope. In 1996, BH sold Cycleurope to concentrate on home markets of Spain and Portugal. In 2001, it re-focused on the pan-European market . BH manufactures 200,000 bicycles a year, 50 per cent for European countries other than Spain. BH，全名為Beistegui Hermanos S.A.，是由Beistegui兄弟於1909年所創立，總部設於西班牙的Vitoria-Gasteiz，距今已有百年歷史。最初創立時為軍火製造商，直至一次世界大戰後20年代，歷經戰爭時期的洗鍊和技術提昇，BH順應時勢，由軍火製造工業轉型為專業的自行車製造廠。30年代，BH便開始積極參與各項自行車竸賽活動，尤其在著名的賽事無論環西或環法中，我們的選手Gustave Deloor, Fermin及Vicente Trueba兄弟等當時都得到相當優異的表現、屢創佳績。到了60年代，BH的自行車已達到接近100%的自製率，也就是幾乎整車，含車架、前叉、變速系統、輪組及零配件…等皆在工廠內自製、生產與組裝。
近幾年，BH透過贊助Pro Tour Team Liberty Seguros車隊，開發出了一款高性能的自行車產品，車架重量更輕、更具鋼性、更符合人體工學。以自行車業來說，BH可說是首位開發出一体成型並且重量低於800克的車架。我們的車架設計也成為了當年市場上較輕、較有騎乘效率的車子，因此開創了另一個新的紀元：”Ultralight Bicycles超輕量化自行車”。我們不僅僅只是追求輕量化的設計並同時也兼顧到騎乘的品質，故”Ultralight Bicycles超輕量化自行車”便是BH 100多年來在製造工業上努力、進化的成果。
