"Beistegui Brothers" , Juan and Cosme Beistegui were its founders and initially they were making a type of gun "Mauser" which led them to the manufacturing of bicycles. It was in 1929 when they started in this activity and, like other manufacturers, said the sponsorship of cycling groups in order to open the market and publicize their products. In 1955, Beistegui began manufacturing motorcycles in 1959 and moved to Vitoria. Actuallly under the name of "Cycle Europe" in which are embedded the BCH, Peugeot and Gitane.