Brands we never see on RB?

[The History Man]

Right about that Hamster. I hope to address that Viking shortfall with my new thread. Currently asking for info., shortly to morph (I hope) into a restoration thread.
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Given how the Vikings were all over the place a few centuries ago (and in the 50s and 60s) and how ubiquitous their bikes were (were they?), it is surprising. No horned helmets though, and certainly no pillaging or the other thing they were renowned for.

 

[mdvineng]

Frank Herety of Stockport.
Worked with Johnny Berry in his early years before setting out on his own after Johnny finished.

 

[doctor-bond]

I’m always amazed at the number of different small scale builders that were out there: so many skills got learned.

(Only skimmed the thread, but has anyo e mentioned Ronson?)

And there really should be a separate thread for improbable but likely frame builder names: for instance it’s ages since I clapped eyes on a Dick Swallow; and who can forget Roger Smalljack’s early output?

 

[KondratievsBike]

ACS Paramount, Mansfield? The bikes Pongo Braithwaite built before Aende.

 

[PeterPerfect]

Ellis Briggs
Flying Scot

 

[wynne]

A whole host of Japanese builders.
Zunow!

 

[Old Ned]

ACS Paramount, Mansfield? The bikes Pongo Braithwaite built before Aende.

Like this one?



Belonged to a friend of mine who was in the North Notts Olympic as a lad in the late 60's. I sold it for hime several years ago. He tells me it was definitely a Pongo build. It was to small for me or I'd have kept it myself.

 

[PeterPerfect]

I think Geoffrey Butler made the list.

I've got a 22" frame set that I'll be listing shortly.

I've never got round to doing the research on it but I understand they're notoriously difficult to attribute as some were made by Chas Roberts or Cliff Shrubb.

Not helped by the fact that it was repainted about 10 years ago by Argos in BRG.

 

[KondratievsBike]

Like this one?

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Belonged to a friend of mine who was in the North Notts Olympic as a lad in the late 60's. I sold it for hime several years ago. He tells me it was definitely a Pongo build. It was to small for me or I'd have kept it myself.

Ooh that’s lovely Old Ned.

 

[RobLoasby]

ACS Paramount, Mansfield? The bikes Pongo Braithwaite built before Aende.

ACS?

Not seen that name for a while. Arthur Hunt and Cyril Harper were both good mates of my dad from way back in the 1940s, and both were in the Broad Oak Wheelers before they opened their shop, long before Pongo joined them