Stella (bicycles)

Stella was a French bicycle manufacturer founded in 1909.^[1]^[2] The company sponsored Louison Bobet, a French professional cyclist. Bobet won the Tour de France in 1953 and 1954 while riding Stella bicycles.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Trivia

Stella became the codename for the Atari 2600 because Jay Miner (the video chip designer) owned a Stella bicycle. ^[6] ^[7]

References

↑ http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/stella_bicycles.htm
↑ http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=14389&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
↑ http://www.gitaneusa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10871&sid=4c2f212adb7b9f6d61411f829c83149b
↑ ^On the Wheel, USA, undated cutting
↑ http://www.letour.us/indexold.html
↑ Stella codename
↑ David Crane comment on Atari Stella

French bicycle manufacturers

Current	Peugeot Cyfac Gitane Lapierre Look Louison Bobet Motobécane Solex Time VéloSoleX Vitus

Defunct	Alcyon Clément Corima Follis Gladiator Gnome et Rhône René Herse Hurtu Matra Manufrance Mochet Olivier brothers Stella Terrot Urago Velocar

Components	Clément Tyres Hutchinson SA Look Mafac Mavic Michelin Simplex

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