http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: How a bicycle is made (1945) en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:08:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-201392 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:17:23 +0000 chdot 201392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Posted again -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15570" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15570</a></p> <p>('cos it's a classic!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-70653 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:37:10 +0000 crowriver 70653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, it's just the wrong URL for the embedded vid, the lower URL to YouTube is fine. I'm viewing on a Mac. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-70634 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:42:02 +0000 chdot 70634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"@chdot: top video link is wrong"</p> <p>Just doesn't work on some mobiles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-70612 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:11 +0000 crowriver 70612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot: top video link is wrong. Very interesting video, looks like an old Open University course programme. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebrothers.co.uk/wrcycles.htm">All you could ever wish to know about Wester Ross Cycles</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-70596 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:51:40 +0000 chdot 70596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Slightly more recent (via @TimDawsn)</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/39401575" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/39401575</a> </p> <p>.</p> <p>"Adrian Demaid takes us through this documentary in which two different manufacturing methods for making bicycles are compared, one method from the 'Halfords' factory in Pontypool, catering for the mass market, and the other, handmade method, from Wester Ross Cycles in Scotland."</p> <p>Inc. interesting shots of TdF!</p> <p>.</p> <p>Or YouTube <a href="http://fb.me/VMlVyqlI" rel="nofollow">http://fb.me/VMlVyqlI</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69200 Sun, 06 May 2012 21:22:53 +0000 Tom 69200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's eighty of these <a href="http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection?p=1&amp;">BCF films</a> on their site. The Border Weave one is excellent. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69106 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:27:52 +0000 alibali 69106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great film. Love the white coat.</p> <p>"..controlled from the administrative offices, the most important one is the drawing office." </p> <p>How did they get that passed Accounts, Personnel and most difficult of all, Stores?</p> <p>I guess welding on pump pegs was the 1945 equivalent of saying "I'm calling to ask if you are the home owner..." 1000 times a day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69100 Sat, 05 May 2012 17:49:45 +0000 chdot 69100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Imagine how mind-numbing it would be to be the man putting the bearings into the hubs. 1,000 hubs filled in an 8 hour day!"</p> <p>I talked to a man in the Raleigh factory whose job was to spot weld pump pegs on to a tube. </p> <p>I asked him if he got to do other jobs -</p> <p>"No"</p> <p>One of the most impressive things I saw was the way that the rear brake cable was threaded through the main tube of a Raleigh 20 with a finely judged flick of the wrist to make the end of the cable appear through the second hole. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69098 Sat, 05 May 2012 17:24:37 +0000 kaputnik 69098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Elf and Safety very appropriate for the age. A leather apron for the man doing the acid dipping. Not even gloves for the man drilling out the cranks.</p> <p>Imagine how mind-numbing it would be to be the man putting the bearings into the hubs. 1,000 hubs filled in an 8 hour day!</p> <p>I need to take a lesson in tyre and tube fitting from the ladies in the wheel department.</p> <p>And how many bike manufacturers factory-fit a tool bag these days? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69097 Sat, 05 May 2012 17:20:44 +0000 kaputnik 69097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's amazing to whippersnappers like me that Raleigh pulled their own tubes, pressed their own lugs and handlebars, plated their own chrome and hardened their own steels all under the roof of their own factory. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69095 Sat, 05 May 2012 17:15:06 +0000 kaputnik 69095@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like the slabs of steel being loaded at the beginning! Some of those old bikes feel like they're made from solid billets of steel rather than tubes! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69093 Sat, 05 May 2012 16:56:30 +0000 tarmac jockey 69093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm looking for a job as a tester, then later some of that relaxation they were talking about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69023 Sat, 05 May 2012 01:10:14 +0000 sharpie 69023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-69017 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:45:07 +0000 Tom 69017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had a Raleigh of about that vintage to ride to school on. When the chrome started to flake off the handlebars it did so in razor sharp flakes; once a year or so the cotter-pins would start clicking and have to be replaced; the mild steel rims didn't provide any braking friction in wet weather; the bearings had to be re-greased regularly; you had to back-pedal when changing gear with the Sturmey Archer three speed (which had a down-tube friction shifter) and the hang-tag proudly boasted that the workers got a whole week of paid leave each year. Yes, those were the days. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68977 Fri, 04 May 2012 19:40:30 +0000 Smudge 68977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great stuff, spotted the Raleigh clues, yet one of the frames had "Rudge" on it, did/does Raleigh own that name?</p> <p>Frighteningly labour intensive, and ppe obviously hadn't been invented :-o. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68810 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:15:50 +0000 14Westfield 68810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brilliant film ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68772 Thu, 03 May 2012 23:58:35 +0000 Zenfrozt 68772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also if you look on the wall in the office, half obscured is a sign that says 'Ralei' </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68769 Thu, 03 May 2012 23:34:36 +0000 Claggy Cog 68769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The giveaway was the chainring, the crest on it, is for deffo Raleigh. Bikes and lace is what Nottingham was famous for. Yep, I bet some of the grannies could show us whippersnappers a thing or two!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68766 Thu, 03 May 2012 23:29:06 +0000 Uberuce 68766@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lesson learned. If I get a puncture, I head to Nottingham and find me a granny. She'll have my tyre and tube on and off in under two minutes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68763 Thu, 03 May 2012 23:20:28 +0000 Claggy Cog 68763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ahh, Raleigh. Is this Nottingham then? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68757 Thu, 03 May 2012 23:06:40 +0000 splitshift 68757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>super film, wish i could go to work in a factory, withy a striped shirt and dashing haircut ! Oh and the lack of safety guards on all the spinning and whirring machines are a clear indication that accidents dont happen in black and white factories !<br /> Seriously i like it !<br /> Scott doublebarrelledstiffupperlippedIknow my place,guvnor !<br /> oops ! obvious error ! we dont have any factories in this couintry any more ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68755 Thu, 03 May 2012 23:00:50 +0000 Zenfrozt 68755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>:D Fascinating and i do love the posh tv voices. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6404#post-68751 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:52:06 +0000 chdot 68751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/39401575" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/39401575</a> </p>