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Hand Made In Britain
LEE:
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Harry Hall personally sold me my British Eagle in 1986.
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Mine was (in 1983) a present to myself after being dumped.
Looking back, it was a pretty good swap :)
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Photo?
(of the bike, not the ex)
Really Ancien:
A lot of shops used to badge up Holdsworths, I had a 'Bill Nickson' which was a Holdsworth Professional, a perfectly nice bike. Conversely you could get a custom built Raleigh or Carlton, which would be as good as any of the boutique makers, here's a link to a retro site and a 1997 Raleigh Special Products brochure.
retrobike :: View topic - Raleigh Special Products Brochure
Damon.
border-rider:
--- Quote from: LEE on 19 March, 2009, 05:31:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mal Volio on 19 March, 2009, 05:17:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: LEE on 19 March, 2009, 05:05:30 pm ---
Harry Hall personally sold me my British Eagle in 1986.
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Mine was (in 1983) a present to myself after being dumped.
Looking back, it was a pretty good swap :)
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Photo?
(of the bike, not the ex)
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The bike's prettier (these days) than the ex.
Members' bikes
It's been bastardised though, from being a 700C club/audax style bike to a 26" roughstough tourer.
In its original form I did LEJOG and an SR2000 on it.
Really Ancien:
It's a funny old trade the cycle business. I can remember going to Ribble Cycles in 1969 to get my first racer, it was a Carlton Continental, standard apart from alloy 'Nisi Evian' rims. Back then Ribble sold all sorts of stuff. I wonder when they moved into selling only their own bikes, they've been a remarkable success story. They're still have the same shop they started in in 1897, but I doubt they ever made their own frames.
Damon.
gonzo:
--- Quote from: clarion on 19 March, 2009, 04:52:31 pm ---
--- Quote --- Enigma say they're going to start building Ti in the UK.
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Indeed, they've just moved into a new warehouse with in house ti building stuff.
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