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Selle Royal

Logo: Selle Royal, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Italian bicycle saddle company

Selle Royal Spa is a company from Vicenza, Italy, founded in 1956 by Riccardo Bigolin, producing saddles for bicycles. In 1965, a formal establishment of Selle Royal Sp.A. was made in Vicenza for the production and distribution of bicycle saddles. Polyurethane foaming production system was chosen in order to be able to maximize production across the chain.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1956Founded1
  • HeadquartersPozzoleone1
  • Founded inPozzoleone1
  • Websitewww.selleroyal.com
  • Legal formsocietà per azioni1
  • LEI815600DDDC584743B2523
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressVIA VITTORIO EMANUELE, 119, 36050 Pozzoleone, Italy3
  • Registered withInfocamere, 002310102813

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Selle Royal Spa is a company from Vicenza, Italy, founded in 1956 by Riccardo Bigolin, producing saddles for bicycles. In 1965, a formal establishment of Selle Royal Sp.A. was made in Vicenza for the production and distribution of bicycle saddles. Polyurethane foaming production system was chosen in order to be able to maximize production across the chain. Selle Royal then released the first patent of vacuum technology for ergonomic shaped design production.2

Corporate structure

Selle Royal is part of a group headed by DEC. 28, 1928 HOLDING S.P.A.. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

1956: Riccardo Bigolin founded Selle Royal

1967: Riccardo Bigolin (with Feltrificio Bassanese) and his brother Giuseppe Bigolin acquired Selle Italia srl (founded in 1897); Riccardo later ceded its 50 % share to Giuseppe Bigolin and his wife

1970: Selle Royal develops a production technology based on a particular polyurethane foam

1980s - 1990s: Selle Royal Spa has become a partner of the main houses that produce bicycles.

1980: Selle Royal develops the RVS, an automated vacuum production system, which allows the saddle to be joined directly to the foam

1990: Selle Royal develops a gel for the saddle for the recreational market, based on an exclusive polyurethane gel patented by Bayer

1996: Selle Royal opens Selle Bra for production in Brazil

1997: Selle Royal launches Fi'zi:k

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2002: Selle Royal acquires Brooks England, thus giving the company three independent brands of saddles

2005: Selle Bra and Metal Ciclo merge to form Royal Ciclo

2006 - 2010: Selle Royal began direct distribution through dealers H2 (USA) with Continental Tyres and A4, (Italy and France, Austria since 2018) of proprietary and thirdy brands.

2007: Selle Royal acquires Crankbrothers

2010: Selle Royal acquires 52% of Justek, China

2011: Selle Royal acquired PEdAL ED, operating under Via Vittorio Emanuele 119 - 36050 Pozzoleone (VI), ITALY - P.IVA. 04013940244 since 2016

2013: Brooks England purchased Pannier ltd.

2015: Justek became Selle Royal China Vehicle, with two production sites (Jiangyin and Tianjin)

2016: Opening of SR56 Inc, a R&D Center in Ogden, Utah

From Wikipedia’s article on Selle Royal, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. Jul 2002Acquired Brooks England1

Timeline

  1. Jan 14, 2019Parent Directly consolidated by DEC. 28, 1928 HOLDING S.P.A.3
  2. 1956Founded Founded in Pozzoleone1

Sources

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