Any relation to this "Talbot" bicycle manufacturer?
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/
Aldo Ross
20F and falling in
Middletown, OH
> On 10 Jan 2003 at 14:46, Gunngrafton@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I have just aquired a Frame set that is aledgedly made by Talbot Of
London.
> > The Frame is From the 1930's and the badge reads Talbot/ London.
> > Anyone no any thing about it.
> > Talbot Cars as far as I know never made Bicycles?
> > But every thing looks right on it.
> > But the badge is simular to the car badge.
>
> I don't know much about Talbot building bicycles, but Talbot of
> London was sold by STD Motors Ltd. (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) to
> Rootes Group in January 1935. As far as I know, the Talbot name
> was phased out soon thereafter, at least as far as the British side of
> the marque. This would imply that if the bike was indeed
> manufactured by Talbot it would have been prior to or just after the
> sale.
>
> BTW, the "other half" of Talbot, Talbot of Suresnes (a western
> suburb of Paris) was sold later in 1935 to Antony Lago, who
> continued to manufacture Talbot-Lagos until well after WWII. They
> were quite successful in both Grand Prix and sports car racing, and
> today any Talbot-Lago is highly prized by the vintage car crowd.
>
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> jeverett3@earthlink.net (John V. Everett)