How a bicycle was made c1945

[Stepr]

stumbled across this video when looking at steel making - not sure if this has been posted previously. never posted a video so hope it works.

[shareyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_cdePe0bDQ[/shareyoutube]

if that doesn't work try the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_cdePe0bDQ

[HappyHumber]

to get the [shareyoutube]blah[/shareyoutube] link to work you need to Copy & Paste the shortened URL available by clicking on "Share" beneath the video;

in this case http://youtu.be/I_cdePe0bDQ

tagged as thus:

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 [shareyoutube]http://youtu.be/I_cdePe0bDQ[/shareyoutube] 

gives:

[redrover3]

Like the painting process. Dip and let dry. How simple is that? Good vid thanks.
Tony

[Stepr]

Thanks Kym.

no hand print in the paint either - can't be good for you having your hand in paint all day...

Making the bottom bracket was interesting - must be better making it from flat plate than tube. Seemed abit excessive to dip the whole BB to braze it though.

[mark field]

workcover would have a fit if they walked into a factory like that today

[Kermit TF]

Superb...thanks for posting.
The bearing packing guy , what a legend !...also the wheel building workers look like theyre 12 years old.

[Rob74]

This is worth a look as well.
?1980-81? Framed for Success? The Wester Ross documentary video.

Two different UK manufacturing methods for making bicycles are compared, one method from the 'Halfords' factory in Pontypool, catering for the mass market, and the other, handmade method, from Wester Ross Cycles in Scotland.

Rob

[Typhoon Ken]

Wish I could lace a wheel that quickly.

[outnabike]

What a great bit of video, thanks for posting the bike factory. I just could not take my eyes off it right through. How labour intensive a process it was and how great those bikes look.
Love the part where he says they are strong and light.

[Rob74]

BBC CH4 EQUINOX - BICYCLE(1989)

"On a bike your either tired or hungry...Nothing else seems to matter"

The Bike Brothers - Jack, Ken and Norman Taylor.

Rob