In the USA Remington Arms ,Ilion,NY and Iver Johnson,Fitchburg,MA were also noted bicycle manufacturers.One of our Wheelmen members can surely add more.Orient was centered in the famous watch and clock making town of Waltham,MA. Having the skilled machinists and metal workers in house,they were always looking to branch out into other markets. Art Link,San Antonio,TX,USA
loudeeter@aol.com wrote: To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:08:01 -0500 From: loudeeter@aol.com Subject: [CR]Arms and Bicycles--St. Etienne, France
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.
Today, a co-worker brought in an 1879 French bayonet.? Engraved on it was that it was manufactured in St. Etienne, France.? I did a google to see what type of arms industry existed there and voila, St. Etienne was?a center of the French arms producing industry for several centuries before it became a center for bicycle production.? Norris Lockley has mentioned many French builders from this area, but until today, I didn't associate it with the "other" steel industry.?
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