Favorit was a

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brand of bicycles manufactured in

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History

The factory in

was founded in 1922 by

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together with Heinrich Kastrup and Ambros Swetlik, founders of Es-Ka, another bicycle manufacturer from

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. The factory was manufacturing bicycles branded ''Tripol'' until 1934, when the company was split into two. The manufacturing of ''Tripol'' was moved to a newly build factory. The old factory remained to Hering, who founded his own brand, ''Tudor''. In 1948, both factories have been nationalised and made part of the state-owned ČZ Strakonice. Following a reorganisation in 1950, factories were made part of the newly created state-owned company Eska Cheb. Since two previously factories were making bicycles of two distinct brands, in 1951 the head of the company Josef Bochníček, suggested a new brand for the united company, ''Favorit''.

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