Electra Bicycle Company is a Vista, California, US-based bicycle brand/company, founded in 1993 by Benno Bänziger and Jeano Erforth. The company offers a wide range of modern cruiser bicycles and is credited with re-popularizing the cruiser bike. Additionally Electra designed and sells comfort bicycles, and hybrid bicycles. Electra also sells an extensive line of accessories, apparel, and bicycle parts.
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“We are sheep in a herd of sheep,
but Clytemnestra, Electra and Death
are burnt like star-names in the sky.”
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