Siegfried Bettmann founded the Triumph bicycle company in Coventry, England in 1886 and opened a second factory in his home town of Nuremberg, ten years later. The companies operated as one until the First World War when they were forced to definitively split. To avoid confusion, Triumph Nuremberg renamed itself TWN (Triumph Werke Nuremberg). Unlike the British Triumph, the German company specialised in two-stroke motors. After the war their bikes were powered by two-stroke split singles (like those of Puch in Austria). The 200cc Triumph Cornet was one of their most popular sellers. In 1956 TWN was bought out by Adler and the name was retired.
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