Best of British (Components)
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The “other” high quality British made cycle tubing. Accles & Pollock was founded at Holford Mill UK in 1899, with Walter W. Hackett as one of its founders. George Accles lent his name to the original business sans Pollock, and a 1949 corporate history says Accles was not involved.
Thomas Pollock provided financial backing in 1901 at which point the company was renamed Accles & Pollock.
At first, A&P produced tubing for bedsteads, boilers, and bicycles, according to corporate history. Handlebars were bent by filling a straight tube with resin in order to keep the tube in shape during bending, which didn’t work on hot days. Business grew, and A&P was purchased by Tube Investments (TI) who also owned Reynolds. in 1919. A&P employees increased to nearly 5,000 by 1949, with tubing made for many applications.
In the 1930s through 1950s there was a healthy competition between top quality makers to use one or the other brand. Those who endorsed A&P tubing included Claud Butler, Hobbs of Barbican and W.F. “Sandy” Holdsworth. A&P bicycle tubing names included “A Quality,” “B Quality,” “High Carbon,” “Kromo,” and “Kromo S.A.Q.”
Thomas Pollock provided financial backing in 1901 at which point the company was renamed Accles & Pollock.
At first, A&P produced tubing for bedsteads, boilers, and bicycles, according to corporate history. Handlebars were bent by filling a straight tube with resin in order to keep the tube in shape during bending, which didn’t work on hot days. Business grew, and A&P was purchased by Tube Investments (TI) who also owned Reynolds. in 1919. A&P employees increased to nearly 5,000 by 1949, with tubing made for many applications.
In the 1930s through 1950s there was a healthy competition between top quality makers to use one or the other brand. Those who endorsed A&P tubing included Claud Butler, Hobbs of Barbican and W.F. “Sandy” Holdsworth. A&P bicycle tubing names included “A Quality,” “B Quality,” “High Carbon,” “Kromo,” and “Kromo S.A.Q.”
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“John Bull Tyres – Made for the man who will have the Best for Every-day Riding, Touring, Racing and Motor Cycling.”
Bicycle tyres, brake pads, rubber products…
John Bull Rubber Company, a tyre manufacturer, formed in Leicester in 1906 by John Cecil Burton, becoming a public company in 1934. Merged with Metalastik in 1955.
Bicycle tyres, brake pads, rubber products…
John Bull Rubber Company, a tyre manufacturer, formed in Leicester in 1906 by John Cecil Burton, becoming a public company in 1934. Merged with Metalastik in 1955.
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