"Phillips" bikes

Nerrep
Nerrep Posts: 112
edited September 2009 in Road beginners
Some little sod recently wandered into my house, and wandered out again with my commuting bike. I've just had the chance to replace it, with a "Phillips Premiere" for £35ish quid, so I hopefully should be making my commute by bike again rather than foot.

However, I've never heard of "Phillips" before and a Google around doesn't show anything -- does anyone know anything about them or about the bike I've just bought?

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Thanks,

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  • jeannot18
    jeannot18 Posts: 720
    Nope, but for £35 looks like you got yourself a bargain
    JC
    Pédale ou crève
    Specialized Elite Allez with 105
    Rockrider 8.1 : )
  • x8swift9x
    x8swift9x Posts: 268
    The decals are very similar to that of the 80's Peugeot road frames, apart from that I can't help! (Not that I did anyway!)

    What does it say on the down tube? I cant quite work it out.
    Road: Felt AR0, Di2
    Touring/commute: Dolan Multricross
    TT: PX Exocet Sold because it was like a sail in the wind (sh*t)
  • Firecrakka
    Firecrakka Posts: 81
    Phillips - A division of the British Cycle Corporation. Based in Birmingham, It was the second-largest British bike maker until it merged with Raleigh as part of the TI takeover in 1960.
    - http://sheldonbrown.com

    Phillips Cycles Ltd. was a British bicycle manufacturer based in Smethwick near Birmingham, England. Its history began early in the 20th century and ended in the 1980s by which time it had become part of Raleigh Industries, itself a part of the Tube Investments group. For a number of years, the company was the second-largest bicycle producer in Britain, after Raleigh. The company motto, which was carried on all its badges, was "Renowned the World Over". The "Phillips" brand is still used around the world, especially in China and the Far East, having been licensed by Raleigh.
    - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Cycles
  • dinosaur
    dinosaur Posts: 86
    Ha! I've got exactly that bike. I got it new when I was very young and recently retrieved it from the garage loft at my mum's house and took it to London where I converted it to a fixed gear.

    The frame isn't made from particularly good tubing (well, mine at least) and it's quite heavy but it's certainly a decent enough runaround. It's easy to convert to fixed gear because the rear spacing is 120mm - the same as track hubs. The front spacing is about 96mm which is slightly annoying although I've had no problem squeezing in a modern hub.

    Another annoyance is that the seatpost size is something like 24.6mm which isn't made any more. It's the same as old peugout though so luckily Decathlon sell them.

    Yours looks like it is in good nick though so I reckon that, while it's not a classic, you have got a bargain at £35.
  • Nerrep
    Nerrep Posts: 112
    Just went and picked her up. Is nice!

    Gears all seem to work perfectly, brakes required some fairly serious adjustment to make them actually stop but were easy to sort, decrapped it (killed the toeclips and reflectors), and am now left with trueing the wheels, and worrying about the state of the tyres. If nobody ever hears from me again, assume I was killed on my cycle tomorrow morning.

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