Sparta B.V. is a Dutch bicycle manufacturer based in Apeldoorn that also produced motorcycles and Mopeds.

The 1920s meant rapid development for Sparta: Leendert Schakel became head of the company after buying full ownership from all other shareholders, leaving him and Verbeek as the owners.

The year after which the company started working on cargo bikes, which, in the beginning were powered manually.

Two years later, in 1927, he bought land on the Waterloseweg in Apeldoorn, where he built a factory for the production of bicycles, milk carts, transport- and cargo bikes.

The 1930s company, then called Sparta Rijwielen- en Motorenfabriek, Firma Verbeek & Schakel, started producing motorised vehicles.

In the 30s, Sparta produced several models equipped with engines made by Villiers, Sachs and JLO [de], all of which were 120 or 125 cc.

Wilke gave the motorcycles a telescopic front fork, new frame, and along with that a fresh, new and typical look.

By 1950 Sparta achieved the typical look for its post-war motorcycles, consisting of a large fuel tank and integrated storage for tools.

Being the biggest Dutch moped manufacturer, Sparta had many product lines, which all sold in high quantities.

Around 47,000 mopeds were sold that year, all of which were produced by the mere 380 people working in the Sparta factory.

The sales in Denmark grew in large amounts around this time, where Sparta sold bicycles under the name Skandsen.

The production of motorcycles was halted twenty-two years earlier, in 1960, yet the idea of motorised vehicles hadn't completely left Sparta's mentality.

Sparta gave motorising bicycles a last shot, which meant a cooperation with German motorcycle manufacturer Sachs.

Sparta became the Dutch importer of ATB and racing bicycles made by Sachs' subsidiary company Hercules by late 1989.

Later that same month, on the 28th, Sparta announces that it will be a part of Accell Group, where it will function as a subsidiary company, joining other Dutch bicycle manufacturer Batavus.

It quit manufacturing recumbent bicycles, children's bikes and ATBs, and moved to its current location on Wilmersdorf, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands in the summer of 2001.

New products made by Sparta included the Amazone, introduced in 2000, which was a bike aimed at mothers.