Cilo was a Swiss manufacturer of bicycles that filed for bankruptcy in 2002. The bicycles were produced on the shores of

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Romanel-sur-Lausanne Romanel-sur-Lausanne (, literally ''Romanel on Lausanne''; frp, Romanél) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lausanne. History Romanel-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Romanes''. Geogr ...

in the

Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...

canton.

''Cilo'' is an

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for Charles Jean Lausanne-Oron. The abbreviation from the manufacturer's name ''Jean'' was changed to an ''i'' for ease of pronunciation in French. "Lausanne-Oron" refers to a holding in

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, associated with the industrialisation of the city at the turn of the 20th century. Hans Knecht became world champion in 1946 riding a Cilo bicycle; other notable riders include

Beat Breu Beat Breu (born 23 October 1957, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer. In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth ove ...

Daniel Gisiger Daniel Gisiger (born 9 October 1954, in Baccarat) is a retired Swiss road and track cyclist. He grew up in Bienne, in RC Olympia Biel-Bienne. One of his strongest disciplines was the road time trial where he twice won the prestigious Grand Pri ...

and

Tony Rominger Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Vejle, Denmark) is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist who won the Vuelta a España in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the Giro d'Italia in 1995. He began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition wi ...

. Cilo co-sponsored the cycling team

Cilo–Aufina Cilo–Aufina was a Swiss professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1986. Its main sponsor was Swiss bicycle manufacturer Cilo Cilo was a Swiss manufacturer of bicycles that filed for bankruptcy in 2002. The bicycles were produced on th ...

with Aufina from 1980 to 1986, and then Atari and Ciclolinea in 1992. The Cilo of the mid-1970s was a racing bicycle made of Reynolds 531 with the typical Swiss attention to detail. It had chromed forks, drop-outs and rear stays. All lugs were chromed and polished. The components included full 'top-of-the-line' Campagnolo, although Campy brakes were an option.

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saddle, Cinelli road bars and stem, Christophe clips and straps were provided. Silk tubulars mounted on Cerchio Fiamme rims were standard.

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Cycle manufacturers of Switzerland Companies based in the canton of Vaud Companies disestablished in 2002 {{cycle-manufacturer-stub