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Hand Made In Britain
Paul Smith SRCC:
Cliff Shrubb is still making a few, he has in the past made some unusual bikes including one for the
http://www.youtube.com/v/BmpxJWAJbFM&rel=1, which was done behind a car, the frame built by maximum speed 110mph, gear so large that he had to be towed behind the car to get the gear going
He needs a bit if nagging to do one though as he is nearly 74 and would rather be out on his bike!
Paul_Smith
www.corridori.co.uk
Bledlow:
--- 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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It'll be interesting to see how that holds up price-wise
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They told me (in person, from the main man) they're now building their custom Ti frames in the UK, but the off the peg still come from Taiwan.
I've already said this once. :(
Robbo5:
--- Quote from: Really Ancien on 19 March, 2009, 06:16:53 pm ---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.
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At one time, mid to late '70s, Ribble sold Mercian made frames under their own name.
rogerzilla:
The last time I was at Argos they had just finished a frame they'd built using what was reputed to be H R Morris's last set of unused lugs, a bit like this:
HR Morris bicycle 1949
He used to file them himself, and apparently the last few he did were a bit wonky.
Rhys W:
--- Quote from: rogerzilla on 18 March, 2009, 08:44:27 pm ---Tony Oliver may have been the best of them all, but he stopped years ago and now does photography.
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I was wondering what happened to Tony Oliver... I grew up on Anglesey, and in the 80s & 90s all the local bikies either had a custom Tony Oliver or was saving up for one. A hand made bike frame with a map of Anglesey as the head tube badge - what could be cooler? He was also apparently a physicist (as I was training to be) and I liked his physics/engineering approach to bikes - there's a man who would not be swayed by the vagaries of fashion! The book is a classic as well, although I'm not convinced by some of his arguments. The guy on the lo-pro in the front lived in my street, and seeing him and his brother whizzing past on their shiny steel racing machines on sunny days made me want to get into this bike-riding lark a bit more.
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