British Bike Brands and General Swag

MaxBezance

Guys,

With the recesion biting hard I think now is the time to really support the British cycling brands. I don't really identify with Italian or Swiss makes, when I am on my training camp in Spain next year I want to locals to know I am a Britsh cyclist. I'm looking to put my money in the brands which represent the Britsh cycling renaissance. So my questions are who are the Britsh brands which make race level bikes (I can think of Pearson, Dolan, Condor and Boardman? Any more?), and which British brands make decent clothes and accessories (are Rapha Britsh? I like Endura who else?)

Cheers
Max

Anonymous

Try this list of frame builders...

http://www.wheelism.co.uk/index.php?topic=CustomBuilders

However, many British clothing brands have stuff made abroad...

GemmaAtkinson1

these guys are making lovely looking jerseys, and british - http://www.shuttvr.com/

also these guys are from yorkshire i think - http://colomba.cc

both lovely kind of simple jersey makers a bit like rapha but a little easier on the pocket.

Anonymous

I forgot about Shutt, I was thinking about them yesterday and thought "I must look at their website". I then saw a foxy lady on 'This Morning' and my thoughts went elsewhere.

guilliano

Philip Schofield isn't a lady

GemmaAtkinson1

hahahaha

Monty Dog

The brands might be British, but in all probability the products are made in the far east - I don't have a great deal of loyalty for Taiwanese workers. I buy products based on design, performance and reliability - where it's made is a distant fourth.

tubby531

Woodrup frames.
Hope hubs,bottom brackets,stems,seat posts etc.
Brooks saddles.
Lusso clothing.Made in Manchester.
Tudor Sports,tops and leggings.
Some of the British stuff I have.

smallangryman

Those Colomba jerseys look great

andyp

MaxBezance wrote:

So my questions are who are the Britsh brands which make race level bikes (I can think of Pearson, Dolan, Condor and Boardman? Any more?), and which British brands make decent clothes and accessories (are Rapha Britsh? I like Endura who else?)

Pearson frames are made in Taiwan, as are Dolan and Boardman. I think the majority of Condor frames are made in Italy.

I thought the Buy British campaign was torpedoed by Thatcher back in the eighties when her policies wiped out large swathes of the British manufacturing industry.

teagar

Buying British is a form of protectionism.

Protectionism was what turned a global recession into a global depression in the early '30s.

Go figure.

Buy the best there is for the best price there is. If everyone does that, the economic world will keep turning.

nickwill

Pauil Hewitt in Leyland builds wonderful custom steel frames!

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... highlight=

PeteinSQ

I agree that those colomba jerseys look great! Much nicer than the Rapha offerings in my opinion.