Lou Deeter wrote:
>We've discussed several times the connections between major gun
>producing centers in Europe and what later became centers of bicycle
>builders.? Examples are:? Eibar, Spain and the connection with Zeus;
>Graz, Austria and the connection with Austro-Daimler and Puch.
...And don't forget B.S.A. (Birmingham Small Arms) and the connection betweeh Rudge and Whitworth...
Sheldon "Anglophile" Brown
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