Maud Gibert 
July 2025, Louis Darricades, business manager at Milc, met Victor, the founder of Vélos RACINE, at the Eurobike 2025 edition. This marks the start of our collaboration to create the prototype of the brand’s first bike. We worked with the brand on the prototyping part. Their project: designing a made in France, durable and affordable … Read more
Since January 2024, Julie Maucourt has been a member of the Milc technical team, working in assembly and logistics. She is notably involved in wheel assembly and finished-product integration, ensuring that quality control procedures are met and that each client’s specific packaging requirements are respected. “I am proud to see the finished product leave our … Read more
A few months ago, we were proud to announce that MILC was one of the laureates of the first call for proposals “Bicycle Industry” led by the ADEME, as part of the France 2030 project, among 27 other companies. Thomas Lecompte further exchanges views on this project on the set of the programme ‘Focus on … Read more
As everyone knows, some bikes have a hard life. This is the case with self-service bikes, for which robustness is a significant issue. A good example of this is the recent release of Double Pony V2 (from pony, a French brand for bike-sharing), which our partners at Antidote Solutions worked on. Another area for improvement … Read more
A 100% French-made bike… is it really possible ? Those who are familiar with the bicycle industry already know the answer: it won’t happen anytime soon… As Thomas Lecompte explained on the set of the programme ‘Focus on the bicycle industry: local ecosystem and regional expertise’ at the SIANE 2025 industry trade fair in October … Read more
“An easy to handle and comfortable bike”: this is how Laurent described in a few words his BMX City, entirely handmade! A 100% custom bike Here is the BMX City designed by Laurent Garrigues, boilermaker-welder at Milc. His guidelines for this project were focused on designing a fun bicycle that could defy the urban jungle. … Read more
At Milc, we produce pilot series for bicycles, but also for light mobility vehicles! Welding has been completed for the pilot series of ten vehicles for our customer Maillon Mobility. Maillon Mobility is a French company offering covered cargo bikes for the daily commute of professionals (local authorities, craftsperson, delivery drivers, and more) manufactured in … Read more
“An electric handbike, adjustable in size, custom-built for the French Para-Cycling Federation in Tarbes.” Masterwork incoming! Nils Wendling worked as a metal fabricator at Milc during his fifth and final year as a “Compagnon du Devoir” (French community of craftsmen). Since September 2024, he has been working on his project, which will complete and end … Read more
New assembly project in the Milc factory. A colourful one with vibrant mudguards in aluminium, ready to be assembled on bikes from the brand Gorille Cycles. The brand offers all-terrain electric fat bikes for the beach or the city, available in several colours. These mudguards are the last component to be added to these bikes, … Read more
The Swiss brand Monopole has just launched its new cargo-bike design, the Monopole No 01, a unique yet neat design. This project promotes its manufacturing partners, and in which Milc had the opportunity to contribute. The easily recognisable frames with their rectangular design were manufactured in our factory, near the Pyrenees in France. We also … Read more