BBC Television Newsreel’s industrial correspondent Bertram Mycock reports from a Midlands factory about the burgeoning British bicycle export industry. With British bicycles proving popular with customers all around the world, the bicycles must be tailored to meet the specific demands of the different regions – from city streets to jungle tracks. Newsreel cameras are there to see how bicycles are designed, manufactured, tested and packed for export.
Originally broadcast 23 January 1952.
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Ahh the good old days when Britain actually manufactured things.
They should do this again.
Thanks for this gem of an upload,real English craftsmanship,there is still an English traditional bike manufacturer Pashley cycles they make them in there factory in Stratford upon Avon.
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Don’t forget to clean those rims before the first ride!
And today its all jong chong pong junk, whilst the UK goes green…. thanks Bojo.
So once the customer / country told the maker what type of bike they needed. Now the maker tells the customer what bike they 'want' – !
I think she was greasing the nipples on the spokes,not the rims. Doesn't make any sense to grease the part of the bike that needs to be the cleanest. Seeing as friction is the force that stops the bike.
My friend that is a shaman told me that people that ride bicycles all the time are over sexualized.
Once a fun past time but now an excuse for a ten man team of tossers dressed in hi vis to endanger every life on the road.
Cor heavy drop at the end😅
Ah, when bikes were made by craftsman and would last 20-30 years easily.
My first bicycle was a third-hand Rigby hand-braked three speed made in England. It was my 11th birthday present in 1957. The bike was sturdy but the gear changer was funky…