Re: muddy fox history
Hi, i know that this is a very old post but if you still go on here are still interested in what you asked i can tell you that as another poster said it wa started off by a greek fellow, Ari, and Drew was a director. The french connection was manufrance who made bikes,guns and sawing machines.the sales of all did not do so well and the first muddy foxes were made in japan by araya, the rim people. it was in 85 that steve who was only 15/16 at the time started to work in the shop they owned in the west end and soon was manager then put the designs and specs together for the muddy fox courier, the bike that took muddy fox almost world wide. The courier and all other models that came after that were made in china and this was the end of the japan made models.
steve left the business a couple of years later and the business went bust/down. it was then bought by, i think a indian or german company then sold onto universal cycles, or something along them lines.
If you can get a copy of the supplement magazine of dec 1985 from the sunday times then a three page article on the courier in in it.
Steve now owns wilsons cycles in peckham,london
Ari, the greek owner then went on to bring in daewoo cycles and a few other things .
i know this as i am steve
hope that this helps with the history for you
good luck
steve
ps
i also did a lot of reviews on bikes in bicycle action mag