[CR]Now:GB Was:cantilever brake history

(Example: History:Norris Lockley)

Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:01:04 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <B9538F7A.E7AB%bob.reid1@virgin.net>
Subject: [CR]Now:GB Was:cantilever brake history

Bob Reid wrote:
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> Nelson et al.....
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> Excuse my assumption
>
> GB = Gerry (Nutland) Burgess....He couldn't have had better initials for a
> British product. The 'GB' within a circle is still a current UK trademark
> and the company is still at the same address albeit dormant.

Okay, here's a puzzle for you all.

What's up with the "GB Paris" handlebar plugs. It has always puzzled me. They go back to at least the late 1940s maybe even before WWII, I don't know. Two sizes and many colors. Early ones were oversized and extended (flange like) past the handlebar O.D. Newer ones were the same size as handlebar O.D. They are shown in the Ron Kitching Handbooks.

Is there any connection between "GB" Gerry Burgess and "GB" France?

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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