Stella (bicycle company)

1965 Stella Pocketby folding bicycle

Stella was a French bicycle manufacturer founded in 1909.[1][2] The company sponsored Louison Bobet, a French professional cyclist. Bobet won the Tour de France in 1953 and 1954 while riding Stella bicycles.[3][4][5]

Trivia

Stella became the codename for the Atari 2600 because Jay Miner (the video chip designer) owned a Stella bicycle. [6] [7]

References

  1. ^ "Stella bicycles".
  2. ^ "Stella SX-73 Model B".
  3. ^ "gitaneusa.com :: View topic - Bicycle Brands Used to Win the Tour de France". www.gitaneusa.com.
  4. ^ ^On the Wheel, USA, undated cutting
  5. ^ "letour.us - letour Resources and Information". www.letour.us.
  6. ^ "Original Atari 2600 VCSp | Web Portal for Benjamin J Heckendorn".
  7. ^ "Pitfall Classic Postmortem With David Crane Panel at GDC 2011 (Atari 2600)" – via www.youtube.com.