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{{Short description|Swiss bicycle manufacturer}}
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'''Simpel GmbH''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies|bicycle manufacturer]]. Its bikes are sold under the "Simpel.ch" brand. The company's headquarters is [[Maschwanden]] in the [[Canton of Zürich]].
Simpel was founded in 2000 by Philip Douglas and Joachim Schneebeli. The business idea was a low-maintenance and durable city bike distributed over the [[Internet]]. To that end, Simpel used only [[hub gear]] and [[hub dynamos]].<ref>Felix Raymann: ''[http://www.simpel.ch/fileadmin/content/infos/news/2012/simpel_firmenportrait_vj_2_2012.pdf Simple Idee mit komplexen Velos] (PDF; 8,2&nbsp;MB)'', [[Velojournal]] 2/2012, S. 27 ff.</ref> The frame number stamped into the frame is also an e-mail address through which the owners of lost bicycles can be contacted.<ref>Simone Luchetta: ''[http://www.pctipp.ch/index.cfm?pid=1319&pk=17921 Smarter Simpel]'', [[PCtipp]].ch, 5. März 2001</ref>
Simpel is the manufacturer of the "bike 12", introduced in 2012 as the third model of [[Swiss army bicycle]] or ''Ordonnanzfahrrädern'' for the [[Swiss army]]. Its predecessors were the Ordonnanzrad 05 from Schwalbe, Cäsar, Cosmos and Condor (1900-1989) and the Bicycle 93 from Villiger and Condor (1993-1995).<ref>''[http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/zuerich/story/15561223 Die Armee rüstet auf - mit dem «Fahrrad 12»]'', [[20 Minuten]], 14. Mai 2012</ref>
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.simpel.ch/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193025/http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/vbs/fr/home/aktuell/mitteilung/120525a.html The Bicycle 12 article at Federal Department of Defence]
[[Category:Military bicycles]]
[[Category:Cycling in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Military vehicles of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Cycle manufacturers of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Companies based in the canton of Zürich]]
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