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ZF Sachs GmbH is a German manufacturer of automotive parts, producing powertrain and suspension components. It was formerly known as Fichtel & Sachs, Mannesmann Sachs and Sachs. In the past the company also produced ball bearings, motorcycle engines, bicycle parts and via its subsidiary Sachs Motorcycles also motorcycles, mopeds, motorised bicycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

History

On 1 August 1895, the Schweinfurter Przisions-Kugellagerwerke Fichtel & Sachs General Partnership (oHG) was founded in Schweinfurt by inventors Ernst Sachs and Karl Fichtel, to produce ball bearings and bicycle hubs. In 1897, the company introduced the world first freewheel.

By 1911, the year Fichtel died, the company had approximately 7,000 employees. In 1923, the oHG partnership was changed to a stock corporation, and the ball bearing division was sold to the SKF, a Swedish ball bearing corporation, with the condition that the production remain in Schweinfurt permanently.

From 1929 to 1996, F&S also produced motors, first for bicycles, and later for motorbikes, two-stroke snowmobiles, and small cars. In 1929, F&S started production of automobile components, mainly clutches and shock absorbers. Ernst Sachs died in 1932, and, in 1936, his son Willy Sachs donated the Willy-Sachs-Stadion sporting arena to the city of Schweinfurt. In 1987, the German Mannesmann AG acquired the majority of F&S stock, and, in 1997, F&S was renamed to Mannesmann Sachs AG.

In the early 1970s, Sachs produced the revolutionary Wankel rotary engine powered Hercules motorcycle.

In 2001, Sachs was sold to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, and renamed to ZF Sachs AG. The bicycle division was sold to a US-company, the Chicago-based SRAM corporation, leaving the Sachs division of ZF to focus on the production of automobile components for drivetrains and chassis. As of 2003, ZF Sachs AG had 16,511 employees in 19 countries, and a sales volume of 2.1 billion euros.

See also

Sachs Motorcycles

Gunter Sachs

External links

ZF Sachs AG Homepage

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Best bike for about 500 bucks.?

I'm looking for a bicycle in the 500 dollar price range. It will be used on about half and half paved and dirt roads. I went to a local bike store that I've heard good things about and in my price range they have Giants, Raleighs, and one or two Diamondbacks. I looked at the derailleurs and they were all Shimano Acera, Alivio, or Sram x4. Is there one of these that's better than the other.

I know absolutely nothing about bikes.

Think two things... Double walled rims and a rear cassette hub vs. a freewheel. Both are found on either a Raleigh Route 4.0 or a Raleigh Detour 4.5. Just depends on if you want front suspension forks or not.

I can not emphasize how much better this set up is vs. a single walled rim & a freewheel hub. The better set up will take much more use and/or abuse. Ask your local bike shop salesperson - he'll back me up on this. Here's what the late Sheldon Brown had to say about a cassette hub vs. a freewheel, "...but these hubs work so well that they have come to represent the new "standard."

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