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The Bard tricycle had a 2.25 hp [[De Dion-Bouton| De Dion]] engine hung out behind the rear axle in a heavy-duty frame with braced forks. The fuel tank went behind the saddle and the battery box under the top tube. The front wheel was fitted with an external-contracting band brake. | The Bard tricycle had a 2.25 hp [[De Dion-Bouton| De Dion]] engine hung out behind the rear axle in a heavy-duty frame with braced forks. The fuel tank went behind the saddle and the battery box under the top tube. The front wheel was fitted with an external-contracting band brake. | ||
1902 Resolved to close the business. [[T. H. Helliwell]] is chairman.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27482/page/6511 The London Gazette Publication date:14 October 1902 Issue:27482 Page:6511]</ref> | 1902 Resolved to close the business. [[T. H. Helliwell]] is chairman.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27482/page/6511 The London Gazette Publication date:14 October 1902 Issue:27482 Page:6511]</ref> Presumably by this time the business had been transferred to [[Minstrel Cycle Co]] in Bishop Street. | ||
1903 The business had been disposed of and the property sold<ref>London Gazette 11 September 1903</ref> | 1903 The Bard Cycle Manufacturing business had been disposed of and the property sold<ref>London Gazette 11 September 1903</ref> | ||
By 1908 [[Minstrel and Rea Cycle Co]] were making motorcycles in Barn Street. | By 1908 [[Minstrel and Rea Cycle Co]] were making motorcycles in Barn Street. | ||
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Bard Cycle Manufacturing Co of Barn Street, Birmingham
1897 Hands and Cake became Bard Cycle Manufacturing Company Ltd; directors G. W. Hands, Thomas Ratcliff, secretary Arthur Cake; Thomas Satchwell James was a shareholder[1]
The company was a Birmingham-based cycle firm and were one of the earliest makers of motorised tricycles at the end of the nineteenth century
1898 Produced Bard motorcycles.
The Bard tricycle had a 2.25 hp De Dion engine hung out behind the rear axle in a heavy-duty frame with braced forks. The fuel tank went behind the saddle and the battery box under the top tube. The front wheel was fitted with an external-contracting band brake.
1902 Resolved to close the business. T. H. Helliwell is chairman.[2] Presumably by this time the business had been transferred to Minstrel Cycle Co in Bishop Street.
1903 The Bard Cycle Manufacturing business had been disposed of and the property sold[3]
By 1908 Minstrel and Rea Cycle Co were making motorcycles in Barn Street.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Calthorpe Motorcycle history
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:14 October 1902 Issue:27482 Page:6511
- ↑ London Gazette 11 September 1903
- The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
- Birmingham’s Industrial Heritage by Ray Shill. Published by Sutton Publishing 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2593-0