The UK doesn’t just win gold medals for riding bicycles – the UK’s bike-manufacturing sector is undergoing a renaissance, and establishing itself as a production winner. James Lawson reports.
At first glance, the once-proud British bicycle industry is a sad sight. Famous UK bike makers have disappeared or become just a label on an Asian import. Raleigh, once the world’s largest manufacturer, now makes not a single bike in the UK. Contemporary brands like Islabike, Stanton and Bird might be designed and even assembled in…
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