1949
The new plant for the
manufacture of bicycles
and typewriters is
established in Ljubljana.
The prototype of the first
bicycle is introduced.
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The story of
Rog bicycles
1951
The manufacture of the
first bike components
begins
(spokes, touring
pedals, front axle, rims,
mudguards, and stem
bearings)
1953
1954
1969
The first Rog bicycle is
manufactured.
The price of the
“Touring”
bicycle amounts to 31600
dinars, which is more than
the monthly salary of the
director of the plant.
The company Rog
manufactures 700 bicycles
daily and produces 57% of
all bicycles in Yugoslavia.
1964
Rog manufactures the first
Slovenian folding bikes –
“Pony”
1971
The manufacture of bikes
with an auxiliary motor
begins –
“Pony Express”
A new manufacturing plant
in the Moste industrial zone
opens and production
capacities increase
(800
bikes, 700 additional frames,
and 40 Pony Express bikes
are manufactured daily)
1979
Note:
Information on the number of employees and the amount of bicycles manufactured have been obtained from the Rog plant archives.
100.000
500
/
200.000
1000
/
300.000
1500
/
/
/
137
10.638
27.838
41.608
68.297
113.688
119.261
126.000
178.200
191.100
201.300
150.400
194.400
1953 1955
1949 1951
1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977
/
/
/
/
/
687
603
735
933
/
/
1075
1092
931
974
The Rog manufacturing plant got its name after the command
centre of Partisan units on the Kočevski Rog plateau.
ROG Bikes
