Re: [CR]was Viking cycles now Harry Quinn

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From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:12:15 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]was Viking cycles now Harry Quinn
To: Norris.Lockley@btopenworld.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 6/14/2004 7:09:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Norris.Lockley@btopenworld.com writes:

<< Harry bought back the rights to his name and relaunched Harry Quinn Lightweight Cycles Ltd, with his son Peter at the helm. Based firstly on a farm in Wales and then in Pembroke, the company produced a very wide range of lightweight frames and bikes very much after the style of Bob Jacksons.

However the venture was relatively short lived, Peter really not having the sheer enthusiasm for bikes that had marked his father's long career, during which Harry probably supplied more amateur champions than almost any other builder, and at the same time had spawned into the lightweight cycle industry of the NW of the UK more than his fair share of frame-builders to carry on his legacy under their own names. >>

Ah ha! Having sent my last post before reading this, I now see that this confirms my information. Thanks (once again) Norris

Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC