Rog Pony - The story of Rog bicycles

1949
The new plant for the
manufacture of bicycles
and typewriters is
established in Ljubljana.
The prototype of the first
bicycle is introduced.
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The story of
Rog bicycles
1951
The manufacture of the
first bike components
begins (spokes, touring
pedals, front axle, rims,
mudguards, and stem
bearings)
1953
1954
1969
The first Rog bicycle is
manufactured.
The price of the “Touring”
bicycle amounts to 31600
dinars, which is more than
the monthly salary of the
director of the plant.
The company Rog
manufactures 700 bicycles
daily and produces 57% of
all bicycles in Yugoslavia.
1964
Rog manufactures the first
Slovenian folding bikes –
“Pony”
1971
The manufacture of bikes
with an auxiliary motor
begins – “Pony Express”
A new manufacturing plant
in the Moste industrial zone
opens and production
capacities increase (800
bikes, 700 additional frames,
and 40 Pony Express bikes
are manufactured daily)
1979
Note: Informaon on the number of employees and the amount of bicycles manufactured have been obtained from the Rog plant archives.
100.000 500/
200.000 1000/
300.000 1500/
/ / 137 10.638 27.838 41.608 68.297 113.688 119.261 126.000 178.200 191.100 201.300 150.400 194.400
1953 19551949 1951 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977
/ / / / / 687 603 735 933 / / 1075 1092 931 974
The Rog manufacturing plant got its name after the command
centre of Partisan units on the Kočevski Rog plateau.
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