{{Short description|German bicycle company}} {{Infobox company | name = Derby Cycle AG | logo = Derby-cycle-logo_Lang.svg | type = | traded_as = | fate = Acquired by [[Pon Holdings]] | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{Start date and age|1988}} | founder = | defunct = {{End date|2011|09|11}} | location_city = [[Cloppenburg]] | location_country = [[Germany]] | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = | products = [[Bicycle]]s | production = | services = | revenue = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = <!-- {{URL|examplesite.com}} --> }} '''Derby Cycle GmbH''', based in [[Cloppenburg, Germany]], was a manufacturer of bicycles in Europe. During the 2010/11 fiscal year, Derby employed 756 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derby-cycle.com/fileadmin/Media/Downloads/Berichte/DerbyCycle_GB_2012_d.pdf |title=DerbyCycle GB 2012 |access-date=2013-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203201016/http://www.derby-cycle.com/fileadmin/Media/Downloads/Berichte/DerbyCycle_GB_2012_d.pdf |archive-date=2016-02-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Derby Cycle has a 14% market share in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.om23.de/pdf/newsletter_10_07.pdf |accessdate=September 8, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Formerly, the ''Derby Cycle AG'' was listed in the Prime Standard of the regulated market of the [[Frankfurt Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Willkommen bei der Gruppe Deutsche Börse|url=http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg/dispatch/de/kir/dbg_nav/home|publisher=deutsche-boerse.com|accessdate=9 September 2015}}</ref> It was acquired by [[Pon Holdings]] in 2011.

==History== Derby Cycle Corporation has roots in Luxembourg-based Derby International Corp. SA, a company that had purchased [[Raleigh Bicycle Company]] in April 1987. The Derby Cycle Corporation was acquired by chief Alan Finden-Crofts, former chief of [[Dunlop Slazenger]], and attorney Ed Gottesman, from Tube Investments (TI) for £18&nbsp;million, plus £14&nbsp;million in assumed debt.

In 1988, Derby Group acquired the "Kalkhoff" brand from the insolvent Neue Kalkhoff Werke GmbH & Co. KG., creating the German subsidiary Derby Cycle Werke GmbH ("Derby Cycle Werke"). Kalkhoff had been founded in [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]] in 1919. In 1992, Derby Holding (Deutschland) GmbH was established, incorporating Derby Cycle Werke and Raleigh Fahrräder GmbH.

Derby Cycle sought U.S. bankruptcy protection on August 20, 2001. The management of Derby International, now Derby Group, acquired Derby Cycle Corporation and renamed it Raleigh Cycle Ltd.

In November 2007, Kalkhoff took over the insolvent Derby Cycle Werke's Kynast works in [[Quakenbrück]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Entschuldigung|url=http://www.noz.de/lokales/23381204/das-100-000-fahrrad-produziert|publisher=www.noz.de|accessdate=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130211140318/http://www.noz.de/lokales/23381204/das-100-000-fahrrad-produziert|archive-date=2013-02-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> The initial public offering followed the successful restructuring of the Frankfurt subsidiary Finatem on 4 February 2011. The Dutch [[Accell Group]] launched a failed takeover attempt in late 2011.

[[Pon Holdings]], a Dutch trading company that owns the [[Gazelle (bicycle company)|Gazelle]], [[Cervélo]] and Union Bicycles brands, acquired Derby Cycle in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | title=Derby Cycle and Pon Holdings B.V. Agree to Merge &#124; SGB Media Online | url=https://sgbonline.com/derby-cycle-and-pon-holdings-bv-agree-to-merge/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pon Holding buys out last shareholders of Derby Cycle |url=http://www.bicycleretailer.com/international/2013/01/02/pon-holding-buys-out-last-shareholders-derby-cycle |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Bicycle Retailer and Industry News |language=en}}</ref>

== Brands == The following brands and trademarks are currently under the umbrella of Derby Cycle Works:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derby-cycle.com/fileadmin/Media/Downloads/Pressemappen/DerbyCycle_Factsheet_110125_de.pdf |title=DerbyCycle Factsheet |access-date=2012-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213647/http://www.derby-cycle.com/fileadmin/Media/Downloads/Pressemappen/DerbyCycle_Factsheet_110125_de.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Derby Cycle brands|url=http://www.derby-cycle.com/en/brands/our-brands.html|publisher=www.derby-cycle.com|accessdate=9 September 2015}}</ref>

* [[Kalkhoff]], premium brand of [[comfort bike]]s * [[Focus Bikes|Focus]], (acquired 1997) a premium brand for road and mountain bikes * [[Rixe]], (acquired 1998) city and trekking bikes * [[Univega]] (acquired 2001) * [[Raleigh Bicycle Company|Raleigh]], better known as Raleigh Germany, produced in Cloppenburg for German-speaking Europe only<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.raleigh-bikes.de/de/ueber-uns/historie.html | title=Historie &#124; Raleigh Fahrräder}}</ref>

Divested: * [[Haro Bikes|Haro Designs]] - acquired 1988 via West Coast Cycle along with NISHIKI and Cycle Pro.; sold Kenstone Metals 1993 * [[Nishiki (bicycle)|Nishiki]] - acquired 1989, sold U.S. rights to [[Dick's Sporting Goods]] in 2010 * [[Raleigh Bicycle Company|Raleigh]] - acquired 1999, sold to [[Accell|Accell Group]] in 2012

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.derby-cycle.com Derby Cycle Works official page]

{{German bicycle manufacturers}}

[[Category:Companies based in Lower Saxony]] [[Category:Cycle manufacturers of Germany]] [[Category:German brands]]