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Mavic designs and builds high-end bicycle components. Discover our range of wheels, tires, rims and clothing for road cycling, mountain biking and triathlon.
Mavic is a France-based bicycle parts manufacturer, its name is an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel. It was founded by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel in Lyon, France in the late 1800s. Mavic produced the first aluminium rim in 1934, and the first disc wheel in 1973. Also in 1973, Mavic introduced ...
Dive into Mavic technologies and enter a whole new world of cycling (and understand all our acronyms). From the first aluminum rim to the invention of the tubeless system, we've never stopped improving.
Repair. Mavic is committed to quality and reparability for its products. Because the environment and reducing waste are among our chief concerns as a company that’s dependent on the outdoors, all our products are built to last.
- The Beginning: Pedal Cars and Mudguards
- The Breakthrough: Dura Alloy Rims
- Wheel Innovations: Clinchers, UST Tubeless, and Carbon
- The Dawn of Wheel Systems: Cosmic, Helium, and Ksyrium
- The Age of Aero: Comete Carbon Disc Wheel
- A Shift in Performance: Tout Mavic, Zap Mavic System, and Mektronic
- Mavic and The Mountain Bike
- The Race Saviors: Mavic Neutral Service
Clockwise: The original Mavic logo, the original factory in Lyon, France, apron mudguard advertisement, children's pedal car. Mavic was founded in 1889 by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel in Lyon, France to provide spare parts for the growing bicycle market. The name “Mavic” is actually an acronym which stands for “Manufacture d’Articles Vélocipédiq...
In 1934, cycling was an established sport experiencing huge growth. But bike technology hadn't caught up with the times. Riders were still limited to fixed-gear bikes that rolled on wooden rims. These rims usually weighed a hefty 1,200 grams. Many modern rims are 300-500 grams. With some experience in metal extrusion, Mavic began experimenting with...
Decades later, Mavic continued to innovate with its aluminum rim designs. In 1975, it was the first to anodize alloy rims which improved rim wall hardness and prevented corrosion. That same year, it introduced the Module E hooked rim. This rim was designed specifically to work with the Michelin Elan, the first widely available high-pressure clinche...
Up until the mid-’90s, buying a wheel meant choosing a separate hub, spokes, and rim. If you lacked wheel-building skills, then you also needed to find someone who could lace it all together. Mavic decided to change the status quo by offering pre-built, complete wheelsets that it called “wheel systems.” French competitor, Roval, had experimented wi...
In the 1970s, Mavic engineers developed an interest in aerodynamics after seeing results from early studies conducted at the French Study Bureau. In 1973, Mavic used those findings and data to produce its first glass-fiber lenticular disc wheel. “Lenticular” refers to the lentil-like (i.e. biconvex rather than flat) shape. At the Study Bureau, Mavi...
Though Mavic is best-known for its wheels and hubs, it dabbled in other components, including pedals, cranks, and headsets. In 1979, it made the leap to produce its first complete group, the Tout Mavic (which translates into “All Mavic”). While providing neutral support at races, Mavic mechanics were reportedly encountering a lot of problems servic...
In the 1980s, Mavic took a keen interest in American BMX racing and the budding mountain bikescene in California and Colorado. Mavic realized that off-road disciplines were more than just passing fancies and moved in to support the market. In 1983, designers at Mavic were already thinking about complete pre-built wheel systems. Over a decade before...
As I said in the introduction, my memories of the Tour de France all feature Mavic’s iconic yellow neutral service vehicles. With Mavic neutral service ending this year, I thought it fitting to close out this story by looking back at what made Mavic’s neutral service so special. Mavic neutral service started in 1973 at Paris-Nice. Supposedly, the i...
May 14, 2014 · The roots of Mavic are in the late nineteenth century, when Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel ventured into the spare parts business for the new and expanding bicycle market. Thus, in 1889, was Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel (MAVIC) born.
Mavic is a company that makes parts for bicycles. It was started in France in the late 1800s by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel. The name "Mavic" is made from the first letters of their last names and the words for "bicycle articles" in French. Mavic made many things over the years, such as a group of parts that helped a bike win a ...
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