See also: Triplex documents

Country: Spain

Triplex is the brand name of Industrias Baskaran, headed up by Guillermo Baskaran and based near Eibar, in the Basque region (this is the same town as Zeus). Triplex claims, on its website, that it was established in 1936. However Industrias Baskaran SA was established in its present form in 1950 (perhaps before 1950 it had some other name or legal status).

I have been told that Triplex made bronze copies of the Campagnolo Record (or even Gran Sport) in the early 1960’s or even in the late 1950’s. I have never seen any evidence of this, although it is perfectly possible.

The first Triplex derailleurs that I am aware of are aluminium copies of the Campagnolo Nuovo Record, starting in 1970. Unlike Zeus, Triplex never seemed to aspire to be a real high-end brand, and contented itself with making mid to low-end components that were notable for their rough finish. Also unlike Zeus, Triplex did seem to be able to sell original equipment components to major French bicycle producers - and so their products were quite visible on the European scene for a while.

Triplex was still showing its own brand of derailleur on its web site as late as 2005, although more recently it has just offered SunRace models.

Triplex exists today, largely as an importer and distributor, although it does list an address for its factory on its website, and does describe itself as a manufacturer of drinking bottles and of steel and aluminium brakes on some other sites.

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