We were at Eurobike 2026, the international trade show for the cycling and light mobility industry, from 24 to 27 June. This year, the Milc delegation was made up of Thomas Lecompte, Louis Darricades and Jérôme Bernardini. The team travelled to Frankfurt for a packed few days at the show. It was a great opportunity … Read more
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In late May, earlier this year, our partners Antidote Solutions took part in a round of the UCI MTB World Series, the Mountain Bike World Cup, with their AS05 project. For months, they worked on building a dedicated ecosystem for elite-level downhill mountain biking competition. An industrial and logistics partner Milc served as the industrial … Read more
In mid-April, our team completed the pre-series of XC mountain bike frames for Kovac Course. For this project, Milc manufactured the frames, welded from high-quality alloy tubes with outstanding mechanical properties and thin tube thicknesses. A real technical achievement by our welders, who must apply all their expertise in welding to work with these tubes … Read more
At the end of March 2026, our welders, Laurent Garrigues and Cosmes de Becdelievre went to Andorra to join Damien Nosella and Matthias Ruvira from Production Privée. Milc lends a hand to weld the frames of the new Shan No. 6 mountain bike Milc team members came to lend a hand in the production of … Read more
“A reliable bike made for dirt and pump track riding” Here is the dirt-jumping bike made by Louis, business manager at Milc. This bike comes from a series of five bikes designed and manufactured by the Fler team a few years ago. It was a team project carried out with Nathan Ducrocq (engineer at Antidote … Read more
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