1909-1958 BH Bikes, or BH, is the acronym for Beistegui Hermanos, a company founded in Spain by the brothers Cosme Beistegui, Domingo Beistegui and Juan Beistegui. These individuals founded the company in 1909 in the
Gipuzkoan municipality of
Éibar, just before the onset of
World War I. The company initially manufactured
Mauser pistols, but orders slowed under the armistice. Prior to the
Spanish Civil War in 1936 until 1939, Beistegui Hermanos also produced firearms, specifically copies of the
Ruby pistol (as the 1914 Model) and
Mauser C96 (as the MM31 and MM34).
1959-2009 In 1959, BH moved its production to a newer and larger plant in the Spanish city of
Vitoria, capital of the
Basque Country, Spain. In the decades afterwards, the Beistigui brothers' company became the largest producer of bicycles in Spain. BH at one point manufactured 200,000 bicycles a year, 50% of which were exported to European countries other than Spain. As BH Bikes, in early 2021, the company was returning to the UK market with a partnership with the company
Ciclista. Its bike range at that time include MTB, road, gravel, trekking, urban, and the various equivalents in
e-bikes. BH Bikes already had partnerships with SPIUK and ProCycleCare. In 2022, BH was the third-largest bike-maker in Spain, after
Orbea and Mondraker. As of 2023 it also went by BH Bicycles. ==Sponsorships and races==